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In article <Bxy5x1.GnK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
>I agree with Edward J. Hartnett in that some of the GNU stuff I've downloaded  
>has been neat to hear about and see other people using, but some of it is  
>uninstallable on my platform (NeXTSTEP 3.0).  I had to get a lot of help before  
>I could install the latest emacs 18.59, I believe.  I still haven't been able  
>to just compile the latest versions of gcc, gdb and oleo.

	In many cases, the "latest" version of a GNU package is considered
Alpha or Beta test code.  I believe that GCC 2.* and all versions of oleo are
considered to still be in "testing".  It would probably help if it was more
obvious which versions where considered stable and which ones to avoid.  A
seperate list of machines on which each package/version has been installed
would help alot.  That way you could decide whether it was worth your while
to try to install it on your machine.  If you don't feel like having to do
some debugging of the install, just stay away from versions that aren't
already known to work on your mahcine.

	I will say that I've been installing GNU code for over 5 years now
and I still run into problems.  Take your time.  I've had problems with
installing commercial software for Unix as well.  I guess that's life...

					Bill Bogstad