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A while ago I asked people what version of GCC they are running on
VMS systems. Here is a summary of _SOME_ of the replies.
Thanks to all of you.

The files on mango are intended to be used with the utility
VMSINSTAL!!! (You'll see what I mean if you ever get there).
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From: MAGNUSON@SKYLER.MAVD.HONEYWELL.COM (Randy Magnuson)

I am running gcc version 2.2.2 on a microvax 3400, vms 5.5-1.
I got it from mango.rsmas.miami.edu

From: przemek@rrdstrad.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski)

THere is v1.42 on prep.ai.mit.edu, and there's beta version 2.3
somewhere in Florida (prep has a file listing the FTP site).
I use 1.42 with no problems.

From: SNYDER@D0SB10.FNAL.GOV (scott snyder)

I'm using gcc 2.3.2 on vms.  This is the most recent beta version of gcc.
There seems to be a new release every few months; i have not personally had
any problems with this version.  I got it from prep.ai.mit.edu.

I believe the most recent production release is 1.41, and this has been
stable for a while.

From: Arne Vajhxj <ARNE@kopc.hhs.dk>

GCC 2.2.2 available via anonymous FTP from MANGO.RSMAS.MIAMI.EDU as
VMSINSTALable savesets works OK for my applications, but I have only
relative small applications written in C !


From: Frederick P Arnold <fparnold@bach.udel.edu>
mango.rsmas.miami.edu, GCC 2.2.2d  Compiler is BEAUTIFUL as such things go,
though it suffers from two problems:

1) It tends to be snotty about what it considers obselete constructions.
   They will compile, but it tends to sniff at you.

2)  Even with the /traditional option on, VAX-C code is not guaranteed to 
    compile.  A mixture of /Portable, and some creativity tend to work.
    Most notably, be prepared to rewrite anything that calls the LIB$ or
    similar routines.

The final opinion, then, is that with a few warnings, it works rather well.
I used it to compile an X-Windows display package, which I then linked to 
VAX FORTRAN without difficulty, as well as some home grown C++ routines, which
also worked well, once I got past the snotty error messages concerning archaic
constructions.


From: SNYDER@D0SB10.FNAL.GOV (scott snyder)
i just checked on prep, and the latest version of gcc1 is 1.42.
the sources are available on prep.ai.mit.edu.
i don't know if anyone has vms executables available.

i think that the major changes in version 2 were integrating g++ and
objective c into the distribution, and adding better support for
risc-y cpus.  if you're using a vax and are more interested in reliabilty
than in trying the newest stuff, 1.4x should do fine.


	2.2.2  it seems stable

	Luke.
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+ Luke Brennan                             e-mail:      brennan@cchs.su.oz.AU +

From: NOWICKI@VAXINE.LARC.NASA.GOV (Greg Nowicki)

We are running GNU C V2.1.0 with the CPP processor V2.2.2 here.  Have
not had any problems with it except it is missing some include files
which I'd like to have for compiling some of the code I've pulled
off of the net.  But it's low priority.  I believe I got it via
anonymous ftp from mango.rsmas.miami.edu.  It is a VMS save set and
there is documentation as to downloading and installing it.  Real
easy for the most part.




From: Tony McGrath <TMcG@Physics.Monash.Edu.Au>
Subject: Survey: gcc on VMS

>Are you running gcc on VMS? If so, what version. Is it stable? Where did
>you get it?

You bet !! I have it here at work to compile all the goodies I get from the Net
(VNEWS,FTP, etc).  All the work-related code is in Fortran which is the only
DEC compiler we have paid for.

I have what I think is the very latest version, 1.42, which I got from the
local Australian archive site (ARCHIE.AU) that mirrors the GNU archive at
prep.ai.mit.edu     (get a copy of gcc-vms-1.42.tar.Z)



From: DSW@PIERRE.MIT.EDU (David Woodruff, dsw@mitlns)

	We are using  gcc 2.2.2, obtained from mango.rsmas.miami.edu.


From: warmerda@pci.on.ca (Frank Warmerdam)

I am running gcc here at PCI on a micro-vax which reports:







$ gcc /version test.c
%GCC-I-VERSION, this is version 2.1.0 of the GCC-VMS driver.
GNU CPP version 1.40
GNU C version 1.40 (vax vms) compiled by GNU C version 1.40.
default target switches: -munix


By the way, the version of GCC I am runnings seems pretty stable.
I have compiled and run several large X/Motif applications with
it.  

From: Stupendous Man <BKOTTMANN@FALCON.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL>

>Are you running gcc on VMS? If so, what version. Is it stable? Where did
>you get it?

	Version 2.2.2 from mango.rsmas.miami.edu

	Stable?  Don't know, only had it about a week.

	The VMS install runs ok except for saveset .d, which is corrupted. 
That is the C++ compiler and library, so telling the install routine not to
install those will enable you to still install the GNU C and Bison products.



Hi,
  This uses VMSINSTAL for setting up... you should not unpack it with
backup!!!  Simply put the *.a, *.b, *.c, etc files in some directory,
and enter @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL  gcc022  disk:[directory].

  If you need more information, let me know.



-- 
Chris Kushmerick
kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov