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re: unintended usage of gcc-2.96
- To: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, william at nscs dot fast dot net
- Subject: re: unintended usage of gcc-2.96
- From: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:10:45 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
> To: William Bader <william@nscs.fast.net>
> cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, William Bader wrote:
> > Would it help to make the text reported by "gcc --version" say something
> > like "prerelease" or "development"?
> I would prefer `gcc --version` to print
> gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> or
> gcc version 2.97 20001008 (experimental)
> instead of the current output
> 2.95.2
> or
> 2.97
> But that's just me. Are there any reasons *not* to make such a change?
Just autoconf and friends. -v does give more complete information.