gcc-i386.2.8.1.2.m.README
July 27, 1998

The GNU C compiler (v2.8.1 port 2) to produce NEXTSTEP 3.x-compatible 
i386 binaries on OpenStep for Mach 4.x.

file:	gcc-i386.2.8.1.2.m.I.b.tar.gz 
sum:	01950  3930
md5sum:	811c676b638e2c102bc800d780abf945

These archives contains the following pre-built binaries: 
gcc-2.8.1
g77-0.5.23
libstdc++-2.8.1.1a
libg++-2.8.1.1a

(**
 To be placed at:
  http://www.peak.org/openstep/mach/apps/devtools/
  ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/openstep/mach/apps/devtools
**)


INSTALLATION

The tar.gz archive contains the installer package gcc-i386.pkg.  
Use /NextAdmin/Installer.app to install to /usr/local and you're done. 

The installation process tries to be careful not to squash a preexisting
gcc.  It installs binaries as i386-next-nextstep-gcc, etc... and makes
symbolic links named gcc-ns3 and gcc pointing to it (the link making is
not done if a file of the same name already exists).

NOTE: you STILL need the nextstep developer packages (tested for
OpenStep for Mach 4.2 only... earlier/other versions may or may
not work) installed in order to use this, as it uses NeXT's supplied
binutils, C libraries, and header files.


CAVEATS

The libgcc.a library complains when used because it's archive is not
sorted.  It works fine, but is annoying.  I have no workaround.


CHANGELOG

July 27, 1998
- Fixed post_install script.  It actually works now.

July 24, 1998
- First attempt at 2.8.1.  
- Ah ah... figured out why gcc is such a pain on Openstep.  Need to
use -static flag... which is now set automatically via specs file.
Because of this, gcc 2.8.1 supports only static (ie, not dynamic) linking.
(With this same procedure, one can use NeXT's cc to create NEXTSTEP3
compatible binaries too... shh... it's a secret.)


CREDITS

GNU Software, gcc source
http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/

Packager
Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>
Computer System Manager 
Universtity of Nebraska-Lincoln  
Department of Mathematics and Statistics 
http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/