Re: bootstrap/3758: GCC-3.0 doesn't build under cygwin / Bad diagnostic reporting

[Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>]

The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3758; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
Cc: bangerth@dealii.org, <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>, <gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org>,
   <nobody@gcc.gnu.org>, <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3758: GCC-3.0 doesn't build under cygwin / Bad diagnostic
 reporting
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:15:19 -0600 (CST)

 > > Synopsis: GCC-3.0 doesn't build under cygwin / Bad diagnostic reporting
 > >
 > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > > State-Changed-Why:
 > >     This is a rather old bootstrap failure report, and gcc3.0
 > >     is no longer supported. 
 > 
 > Don't look at me! I reported this Sat Jul 21 10:46:00 PDT 2001!
 
 Don't look at me neither, I am just checking old old reports of which I 
 think 90% can be closed since they no longer apply. I am just pinging 
 people to see what the present state is :-)
 
 
 > >      Can you please check whether you can build a newer version of
 > >     gcc on your platform and let us know about your findings?
 > 
 > Of course I have built many more recent GCCs on my platform since
 > then. Who could wait 18 months just to get going with GCC 3.x?
 
 Thanks for your quick reply!
 
 W.
 
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