RE: [PATCH 2.95.3] Fix powerpc-wrs-vxworks eabi backwards incompa tibility.

[David Korn <dkorn at pixelpower dot com>]

>  Ah, but since 2.7.2 *was* usable on vxworks, it's really a bugfix for a
>regression. There is also a great need in the vxworks user community for a 
>more up-to-date version of the compiler; we're stuck with a four-year-old
>version that has significant bugs in the optimizer.

  I should also mention in support of my 'bugfix not new feature' argument
that 2.8.1 also works for VxWorks, and that 2.95.2 works for all the non-
ppc vxworks targets. 

       DaveK
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