On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > > I am searching for a debian package of gcc 2.8.x . In an old mail of this > > list I found a statement, that such a package should be somewhere in > > projects/experimental... but I only find a deb package for gcc 2.9.x > > (gcc_2.91.63-1.1.deb) in the potato directory.
> That gcc package is for egcs, a compiler which some believe is superior > to GCC because it is more actively developed. Yes, I know already, after examining the deb-file with dpkg :) > Right now, Debian uses egcs for its C++ compiler Hmm... I'm using Debian 2.0, and I've got still gcc 2.7.2.3 . > uses egcs to compile it). I believe that one of the goals of Debian 2.1 > is to offer egcs as a c compiler as well. Well, at least, I'm searching for a deb package for gcc 2.8.x, because I think, switching from gcc 2.7.x to gcc 2.8.x is easier than switching to egcs 1.1.x . - or am I wrong? CU, Holger -- Holger Mense
