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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!lha From: lha@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Lachlan Leicester Henry ANDREW) Subject: Re: gcc binaries for i386? Message-ID: <lha.759988654@mullian.ee.Mu.OZ.AU> Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia References: <2iamhn$994@nic.scruz.net> <2ibtui$l29@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 03:57:34 GMT Lines: 31 nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >In article <2iamhn$994@nic.scruz.net>, >John Vinopal <banshee@boing.resort.com> wrote: >>I'd love something newer than 2.4.5 which I didn't have to compile >>on my poor slow machine. >For stability reasons, gcc2.4.5 is *STILL* the most stable version of >gcc2 that the FSF has yet created. Until the patches quit flowing often >(gcc2.5.8 was released this last weekend) I wouldn't recommend using >another version of the compiler. >The main reason for gcc2.5 was C++ support. But, as someone in another >group commented, the C++ support in 2.4.5 was weak but it worked, but >support in 2.5.X is better but it's busted. I'll take working over >broken any day. I am after the C++ libraries for g++ (I *think* I have 2.4.5...). In particular I want the IO libraries (like strstream). Are these in the standard g++ distribution and did I jsut miss them? What is the best way to get them? Should I hunt for sources to compile, binaries, or a new version of gcc? Thanks Lachlan ================================================================================ Lachlan Andrew lha@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au Dept. Elec. and Elec. Eng.