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Greetings to all gnurus.

I have just downloaded g++-2.3.tar.Z and libg++-2.3.tar.Z from
directory /pub/gnu on server ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com.  (wish I had that
mail-unsplitter compiled already!!) I have had lots of grief on my
HP-9000/827 from trying to compile g++-2.2.2 and I just gave up when I
found out about 2.3.3.

Recently louqun@cs.tamu.edu (Qun Lou) posted a success story - I will
quote the relevant parts here:

|1. Before installing gcc 2.3.3, I deleted all the previous gcc stuff
|   in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib and in /usr/local/bin.
|
|2. Necessary files for successful installation:
|
|bison  in /usr/local/bin
|gas    as emphasized in gcc 2.3.3 README, gas should be installed
|       *before* installing gcc as
|         '/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/hp835-hpux/2.3.3/as'
|
|3. Configuration usage (same for gcc 2.3.3 and libg++-2.3):
|
|./configure hp835-hpux --gas --with-gnu-as
|/*
| * do stage1 and stage2 compiling as stated in INSTALL file
| *  and finally must do
| */
|
|make compare

Getting a directory listing of /pub/gnu I got the following
information on bison and GAS:

bison-1.19.tar.Z was created on 09/28/1992 - looks recent enough
gas-1.38.1.tar.Z was created on 01/28/1991 - nearly two years old!!

I will be downloading these in any case but I would like to know in
advance:

  - How are we expected to compile these? using our local C compiler
	(I hope) or is gcc expected to be here already?  You can see I'm
	concerned about a catch-22 situation.  (When I tried unsuccesfully
	to compile bash people were telling me "Get gcc - it'll solve all
	your problems!)

  - Is this the most recent version of GAS in the universe? If not,
    which server should I connect to to get the latest?  I do notice
	the 1.38 version number - is this tied to the version of an old
	g++ release?

Please reply be e-mail to jacob@informix.com (though I think this
might be of general enough concern to post a reply as well).

Thanks very much for any help.

		-- Jake Salomon
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