Re: [MiNT] GCC 4.2.2 and binary compatibility

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk>]

On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 14:20 +0100, Vincent Rivière wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I made a new build of GCC 4.2.2, available here as usual:
> http://vincent.riviere.free.fr/soft/m68k-atari-mint/
> 
> The new version is labeled 20071201.
> The settings are the same as in the ancient GCC.
> Functions return pointers and other types into d0.
> Structure members are by default aligned on multiples of 2.
> Parameters of type char and short are promoted to int before being 
> pushed on the stack, even if a prototype is present.
> 
> There should not be any compatibility issue now, except the fact that, 
> by design, GCC 4 is more strict than older versions.
> 
> Any feedback is welcome.

Hi Vincent,

Many thanks for taking on this task.

One point is that you are still using mintlib 0.57.3, whereas I think
it's upto 0.57.6 or even 0.57.7 now.

Will you be updating that ??

Thanks,

Alan.