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Re: Minimum required GNAT version for bootstrap of GNAT on gcc trunk
On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 19:36 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> Laurent GUERBY wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 18:59 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> Laurent GUERBY wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm not sure 3.4 will work for trunk
> >> I was just entirely unable to get 3.4.4 to bootstrap a 4.3.2 compiler. I
> >> used 4.3.0 and it worked. I forget what I used to build the 4.3.0 with in the
> >> first place. I think the documentation needs updating to say you'll need to
> >> use an early/intermediate 4.x version to bootstrap your way past the 3.x/4.x
> >> boundary, but I couldn't say exactly where the break lies.
> >
> > Was this on cygwin or Linux?
>
> Cygwin. Would that be likely to make a difference?
Depending on the error it could make a difference. The oldest
system I have access to is Ubuntu 5.10 which I believe
came with 4.0 GCC default and optional 3.4 GCC packages (the system is
offline right now so I rely on memory, I'll confirm
when it comes back online).
Laurent