egcs-1.1 status

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199808182025.NAA00740@icarus.com >you write:
  > 
  > rth@cygnus.com said:
  > > Rebuilding the entire distribution with the new compiler is probably
  > > one of the better tests it could go through.  Hopefully, too, that's
  > > one of those things you can just throw cpu cycles at, and see that it
  > > all Just Works.
  > 
  > Better check to see that those programs even *run*. I still can't prevent
  > 2.1.115 locking up my alpha (I've eliminated IDE, I have no sound) so I'll
  > be trying to use gcc-2.7.2.1 and see if that works any better. It compiles
  > just fine.
Yes.  Absolutely, we just not to that point yet.  Dealing with your
alpha kernel problems is about to become very important! :-)


jeff