egcs-970828 install

Ian Lance Taylor ian@cygnus.com
Tue Sep 2 03:33:00 GMT 1997


   Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:09:56 -0700
   From: Jim Wilson <wilson@cygnus.com>

   c++filt is in both binutils and gcc2/egcs.  It would be wrong to try to
   install both of them, as this would lead to conflicts.  Currently, the one
   in binutils gets installed, and the one in gcc2/egcs does not.  Eventually,
   one of the duplicate copies of this program will disppear.

I'm the current binutils maintainer, and I can't really think of a
reason to keep it in binutils rather than gcc.

I will note that it is not entirely gcc specific.  It is able to
demangle schemes other than the one that gcc uses: specifically, lucid
and arm (whatever they are).  I don't think this is a strong enough
reason to keep it in the binutils.

I'll mention this over on the BFD list. to see if there are any other
opinions.

Ian



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