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Paul Smedley:
Hi All,

I've compiled GCC 4.7.3 including the patches from the recent builds of GCC 4.5.4 and it seems to be working reasonably well based on the example builds I've tried.

The build can be downloaded from: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76425158/gcc-4.7.3-os2-20130818.zip and feedback is appreciated.

Per my other GCC builds, it requires an installed libc development environment.

Cheers,

Paul.

Paul Smedley:
Not that it seems that too many people care (based on the level of response to the initial build), but an updated build is coming.

Found/fixed some bugs that have been around for a while in my previous GCC 4.x builds.

Firefox 10.12ESR built with this now compiles/starts, GCC can build itself, and I'm mostly through building Qt4. I think it's getting pretty solid now.

GCC 4.7.x is likely to be the last release of GCC I will build, as with GCC 4.8.x they moved to a C++ implementation for the compiler, so the patches would need to be completely rewritten for GCC 4.8.  Based on the levels of interest in the OS and developer tools....... I will continue to investigate bugs in this and other GCC releases I've done, as well as bump the version for any further GCC minor releases (ie GCC 4.7.4)

Greg Pringle:
Hello Paul:
 I greatly appreciate the compiler work you have done. I have used many of the versions with success.
Please keep them coming. In the past I have contributed, maybe you need some more :-)

I have been swamped and have not had time to test the test-build you just posted.

greg

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote ---Not that it seems that too many people care (based on the level of response to the initial build)
--- End quote ---

Paul, you should know by now, that three things come into play here:

1) People don't say anything when something works. When it doesn't work, most users assume that they are doing something wrong, and will spend some time trying to figure it out for themselves, before reporting a problem.

2) It is nearing the end of summer, in the northern hemisphere, so people are busy enjoying what is left of it, leaving little time for #1..

3). EVERYBODY is waiting for eCS 2.2 to show up again. (Hopefully, they get it right this time).

FWIW, I downloaded your previous attempt, meaning to get around to trying it, but #2 has intervened. Now, I will wait for your new version, and I still won't have the time to try it out. #3 will take priority, when it shows up.

Never fear. ALL eCS (OS/2) users appreciate what you do.

Paul Smedley:
G'day Greg,


--- Quote from: Greg Pringle on August 31, 2013, 04:08:18 pm --- I greatly appreciate the compiler work you have done. I have used many of the versions with success.
Please keep them coming. In the past I have contributed, maybe you need some more :-)

I have been swamped and have not had time to test the test-build you just posted.

--- End quote ---

Appreciate all of your past contributions.  I'll keep maintaining the current releases - but I think GCC 4.7.x will be able to serve the remaining OS/2 developers for some time yet. Heck GCC 3.3.x was years out of date when I first compiled a GCC 4.x version.

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