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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> 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?

Can I download and compile only the gcc-g++ part?  Or does the core 
contain files needed for g++?


> 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.

Could I somehow copy over the FreeDOS already in use with dosemu?

Would someone (you?) running bochs please let me know if it will display 
upper ascii characters (alt-128 to alt-255) and work in framebuffer mode?


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