I'd like to download GCC, but before I do I was wondering if someone could tell
me if the version in the library is reasonably current and stable. Also, how
many of the files do I need? I don't need C++, but documentation in ASCII or
AmigaGuide would be nice.
Hi Jim,
The GCC here in the libraries is V2.5.8. This version is quite stable. I'm
using it for about 3 months now and didn't encounter any problems. If you
don't need C++ you can skip downloading GGC-2.LHA. If you don't need the
unix utils (like cp, mv, tail, head, tar, flex, … etc) you can also skip
GCC-4.LHA. The docs are in GCC-3.LHA in the GNU info format and UNIX
man-pages (not quite ASCII but readable). The readers for these formats
are also in this archive.
The authors of the current Amiga port (Philippe Brand) are about to
release V2.6.0 very shortly. This version will contain all docfiles in
Amigaguide format and the sources so you can generate (with the appropiate
program) almost any format you like (including pretty printed ones).
— Freddy