bootstrap/1987: GCC 2.95.2 fails to build under Interix 2.2

[Bo Najdrovsky]

bangerth@dealii.org wrote:

>Synopsis: GCC 2.95.2 fails to build under Interix 2.2
>
>State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
>State-Changed-By: bangerth
>State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 19 07:57:38 2002
>State-Changed-Why:
>    This is a rather old bootstrap error. Can you say whether this
>    still happens with newer versions of gcc?
>    
>    Thanks, W.
>
>http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=1987
>  
>


Honestly, I haven't tried to build it lately, but I suspect that the 
problem still exists unless the people at Microsoft submitted some major 
patches to the project.   Interix is now known as Services For Unix, and 
I know that we have been able to get a newer version of the compiler 
built here inhouse (I believe it was 2.95.3), but I am not familiar with 
the level of difficulty that was involved in doing so.  I am CC'ing the 
person here that built it.   Ben, do you have any comments on this?

Bo Najdrovsky
bo@iex.com