gcc numberinv vs egcs numbering

[llewelly@dbritsch.dsl.xmission.com]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Gregory Hosler wrote:

> Is there any document which lists sequentially the version numbers of
> gcc and egcs.
> 
> for example, on my Red Hat Linux system, I have egcs 1.1.2
> 
> In the "latest" Red Hat development area (a.k.a. "rawhide"), they
> have gcc 2.95.2, 2.95.3, and 2.96-21
> 
> I understand the 2.95/2.96 numbering system. I know that back in
> Red Hat 5.2, the gcc version was at 2.7.2.3, and I _think_ that that
> was equivalent to egcs-2.90.29 (but I'm not positive about that).
> 
> I am curious as to where egcs 1.1.2 fits in in the sequence of gcc
> numbering.
> 
> thank you, and regards,

egcs-1.1.2 == gcc 2.91.66, modulo the temporary gcc/egcs fork (remerged at
  2.95)

$gcc -v

will print out full details in any case.