gpc-970510: source uploaded_(re)

Wed, 04 Jun 1997 19:06:40 -0700

Maurice Lombardi wrote:
> 
> OK it works fine now.
>  first just change the GPERF_FLAGS in config/msdos/makefile, without 
> touching gpc-gperf.c
> It compiles but the resultant gpc-gperf.c with my gperf 2.1 is different
> from the distributed made with gperf 2.5

I have then sent the following message to  DJ Delorie:

>> May I ask to Delorie to upgrade gperf to version 2.5 which is used in the
>> alpha distribution of gpc: there do are differences between the two
>> versions which cause problems when compiling this alpha version.

and received the answer:

> Asking won't help.  Somebody should port the newer version and submit
> the source patches to DJ Delorie.  I did the port of Cperf 2.1a, but I
> don't have time to port the new version right now.  (And I'm not sure
> we should port versions that weren't officially released by GNU,
> anyway.)

You only can answer to him if you think it is important: otherwise
you will need to pay attention in the future distributions that 
gpc-gperf.c will always be  more recent than gpc-lex.c.

Thanks anyway for your work !

Maurice Lombardi (Maurice.LOMBARDI@ujf-grenoble.fr)