g++-3 and g77-3 packages under setup-x86.exe

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 8/19/2013 1:27 PM, LMH wrote:
> I recently tried to update my cygwin install and discovered I had to change
> to the setup-x86.exe package for the update to work. After finishing the
> update, I see that some binaries have been removed from my install. Which
> g++-3 and which g77-3 now return no findings and those compilers appear to
> have been removed from the package manager. There are some g77 listings
> under the _obsolete category, but those are version 4.5-4.7. I very much
> still need gcc3, so I would appreciate some information on how I can add it
> back in.

gcc-3 and friends are desperately old and have been only grudgingly
included in the "recent" past to support building 'setup.exe'.  But it's
been a while now since 'setup.exe' required gcc-3.  Obviously, it is in
your interest to step away from gcc-3 as well.  If you absolutely cannot do
that for some reason, check your favorite search engine for the "Cygwin
Time Machine" to take a trip back into Cygwin's past.  Or generate your
own blast from the past by building gcc-3 yourself.

-- 
Larry

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