New versions of gcc, g++, and gas now available

[John Coolidge]

As promised, I've got new versions of gcc, g++, and gas for A/UX 2.0
ready. They are: gcc-1.37.94 (the latest beta), g++-1.37.2- (ditto),
and gas-1.37 (the latest official release). The entire package uses
gas and generates COFF files with DBX debugging information.

I've done enough testing that I'm fairly sure everything works. gcc
has been used to compile gas and g++, gas was used to build just about
everything (yes, there's a recursion there; gas was rebuilt with the
latest version of gcc when I had it :-)), and g++ has been used to
successfully build InterViews (which seems to be a fairly useful stress
test).

At this point I've stopped supporting Apple's as. There are residual
patches in gcc for as, but I know that they are incomplete. There is
no support at all for as in g++. With gas performing well and producing
better code, there doesn't seem to be much use in supporting as, unless
you want to use sdb (speaking of which, I hope to have a new release of
gdb Real Soon Now :-)).

The new versions are, as always, on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the following
files:
	gas-1.37.aux.tar.Z	Source for gas-1.37 patched for A/UX.
	gcc-1.37.94.aux.tar.Z	Source for gcc-1.37.94 patched for A/UX.
	g++-1.37.2-.aux.tar.Z	Source for g++-1.37.2- patched for A/UX.
	gcc-1.37.94.bin.tar.Z	Binaries for gas and gcc.
	g++-1.37.2-.bin.tar.Z	Binaries for g++.
	gas-1.37.aux.diffs	Patches for gas-1.37
	gcc-1.37.94.aux.diffs	Patches for gcc-1.37.94
	g++-1.37.2-.aux.diffs	Patches for g++-1.37.2-

The g++ binaries contain a stub version of libg++, sufficient to link
programs but not providing any features. I hope to put out a libg++
fairly soon. All of the binaries should be untarred in /usr/local/Gnu.

Good luck with all these; as always, report bugs and/or new features
to coolidge at cs.uiuc.edu and I'll try to get them in the next release.

--John

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