Re: [Gm2] Grafting onto the GCC trunk

[Gaius Mulley]

Michael Lambert <address@hidden> writes:

> On 28 Mar 2011, at 14:01, SiTex Graphics wrote:
>
>> Would it make sense to work towards a gm2 build based on a more recent
>> version of GCC as part of the preparation for an eventual graft?
>> 
>> I would like to be able to use gm2 with mingw to produce 64-bit
>> Windows binaries, but there was never been an official mingw version
>> that worked with 4.1.2.  I've tried building based on sources; so far
>> no bliss.  If there were a gm2 based on gcc 4.5, I think getting mingw
>> to work would be much easier.
>
> Since gcc 4.6 was just released and 4.7 has now been forked for development, 
> I wonder if one of those would be a better staring point.
>
> Michael

Hi Michael and Scott,

ok sure this does sound sensible - and pragmatic.  We all get a stable
gm2 based on 4.6 and later this minimises the leap to trunk.  I presume
gcc 4.6 is good for mingw as well?

regards,
Gaius