ok ok, I simplified the explanation a bit, remember it was in brackets at
the bottom of a mail describing the solution to the questioner's problem. (I
have no idea how technical the questioner is, and he'd have to be pretty
technical to understand your explanation ;-) )
I don't know whether it was
I read these two threads out of order. Sorry for the previous rant in
"Re: Lost g++ after update".
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> E.g.:
> If you want to install g++ you'll need the package `gcc-g++`, this pulls
> automatically the backend package which is currently named `gcc' (ma
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gerrit P. Haase
> Hello Dave,
Hiya!
> > Your use of "frontend" to describe the generic compiler
> drivers, and
> > "backend" to describe the actual language-specific compilers
> > themselves is at odds with the standard usag
Hello Dave,
>> These smaller packages are gcc-core which includes the
>> backend and the C-frontend and the other small packages
>> include the other frontends.
> There is no such thing as a stand-alone backend. The C-frontend and the
> C-backend are inseparably combined in the program called
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gerrit P. Haase
> There are always sveral packages at the download mirrors
> where you fetch the GCC source, one which includes all and
> several smaller packages.
I know that already.
> These smaller packages are gcc-core which
At 05:14 AM 1/28/2004, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
Eventually I will add the installation of `gcc-g++' as an requirement to
the basic GCC installation
A minority report, but I appreciate the option whether to install g++. I
normally install g++, gcj only for testing. I go through the list and turn
Dave wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dylan Cuthbert
>> (gnu separated out its frontend from its backend with v3.3)
> Not quite sure what you're getting at here. I can't see anything in the
> architecture of v3.3 that's changed from how it's always be
> > (gnu separated out its frontend from its backend with v3.3)
>
> AFAIR, the only significant difference between gcc.exe and g++.exe is
> that
> gcc.exe assumes files are C by default, and hence calls out to the cc1.exe
> compiler, whereas g++ assumes programs are C++ by default, and so calls
> -Original Message-
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dylan Cuthbert
> (gnu separated out its frontend from its backend with v3.3)
Not quite sure what you're getting at here. I can't see anything in the
architecture of v3.3 that's changed from how it's always been done, or
anything
Pinhas wrote:
> I re-installed cygwin recently. In /usr/bin I have gcc but don't have g++.
> How can I install it. If there is a .tar.bz2 that does not require
> re-installation of cygwin, I prefer it.
There are several gcc packages, the backend and c-frontend is in `gcc',
the other frontends are
You don't need to reintall cygwin, just run the setup program again (which
is a package manager) and select the G++ package in the developer group.
(gnu separated out its frontend from its backend with v3.3)
There are lots of messages in this newsgroup that also tell you this exact
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