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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 1/7/06, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> I had to upgrade to the SW81 gcc and gcc-g++ and also binutils (for as) to
> compile netpbm, but even these were not adequate to compile libtiff and
> David suggested a newer gcc.  fbutils also won't compile but that may be
> another problem.
>
> A newer gcc precompiled from SW91 or later would require a glibc upgrade.
>
> Can I use gcc-2.95.3 to compile a later gcc?

Yes. Download some version (such as 3.2.3), unpack it, and:

./configure --enable-languages=c,c++
make
make install

You should have no trouble if you were able to build netpbm with
this configuration.

> I think I would need to download gcc core and gcc-g++ (but not the full
> 25MB package or g77 or objc or java packages), is this right?

Yes.

> There are several series of gccs, similarly to kernels, which continue
> to be updated, the latest member of which is:
> 2.95.3 - March 2001 (SW81)
> 3.2.3 - April 2003  core 10MB g++ 1.9MB
> 3.3.6 - May 2005         11MB     2MB
> 3.4.5 - Nov 30 2005      13MB     2.5MB
> Also the currently developed 4.0.2.
> Which would be the best of these to use for compiling newer source code?

I recommend 3.2.3. If it cannot compile a program, then 2.95.3 can,
in my experience. 4.0.2 is very new and I think that they are still ironing
the bugs out.

> I looked at bochs.  In addition to 5MB source code, you would need 10MB
> FreeDOS disk image.  (Can it be done with a .tar.gz instead?)

You need no FreeDOS disk image... if you already have a DOS
bootdisk, you can use that.

David