Subject: Release 5_11_0 base requirements -- Re: gcc-3.3.1
From: Vadim V. Zhytnikov
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:27:16 +0300
Ted Hilts writes:
> Is anyone looking into the issue with GCC. If the more recent GCC
> releases won't run with Maxima we need to communicate with the GCC team
> so that all the components in Maxima build are recent otherwise we are
> building releases on old source and this can lead to difficulties up the
> road? Re: ~/maxima/INSTALL.win32. The install instructions require that
> 3.3.1 and specific bin utils versions be installed. I had difficulty in
> even finding a 3.3.1 binary package to install for win32 because it is
> now obsolete.
>
Do you mean GCL or MinGW team?
I was involved a bit in testing GCL on Windows and I have to say
1. Getting stable GCL build on Windows is a tricky business.
By stable I mean version which not only compile but also
doesn't crash sporadically. These old gcc and binutils
pair was the only acceptable combination found.
I don't claim that other more up to date gcc/binutils
will not work. Someone have to test it and possess
enough skill to find a fix if something goes wrong.
But
2. AFAIK GCL at present lack Windows maintainer.
Former Windows maintainer Mike Thomas resigned
from the project a few weeks ago.
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Vadim V. Zhytnikov
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