GPC: how to patch gcc 2.95.2 ?

[Peter Gerwinski]

Hallo, Martin!

> I've downloaded the current GPC tar file, unpacked it, and moved (actually
> symlinked) the p/ directory into gcc-2.95.2/
> (which is the unpacked source of the current gcc).

I remember some problems with symlinks - better move it.

Furthermore, it belongs into the "gcc" subdirectory of gcc-2.95.2.

> Now your INSTALL file tells me to patch gcc with the appropriate p/diffs/***
> Which one do I need? There are only ones for old gcc's..
> Or is it unnecessary to patch 2.95.x  at all ?

You can patch it with the same diff as 2.95.1.

> {{if not, couldn't you have the gcc developers adopt your patches?
>   it would make gpc MUCH MORE reputable if one wouldn't have to patch
>   such a widely used and approved piece of software as gcc ....
> }}

The patch only inserts some

    #ifdef GPC
      /* code for GPC ... */
    #endif

into the GCC source.  Other languages will not see this code.

But we are working towards full integration (which you can see
from the decreasing sizes of the patches).

> {Your FAQ dates from 1997, which made me not look at it, at all..}

A new version of the FAQ is in preparation.  Please search the
list archives for it.

> Thank you for GPC 
> (and your answers..)!

:-)

    Peter

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