On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 08:12:24AM +0200, Iain Buclaw wrote: > On 26 August 2013 05:14, H. S. Teoh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:58:34PM +0200, Ramon wrote: > >> On Sunday, 25 August 2013 at 20:36:22 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >> >I don't think GDC is officially a part of GCC yet. > >> > >> From whereever it came and for whatever it's worth: > >> > >> (On mint 14) > >> > >> $ apt-cache search gdc | grep ^gdc > >> gdc - D compiler (language version 2), based on the GCC backend > >> gdc-4.4 - D compiler (version 1), based on the GCC backend > >> gdc-4.6 - GNU D compiler (version 2), based on the GCC backend > >> gdc-v1 - D compiler (language version 1), based on the GCC backend > > > > I don't understand your point? I already said gdc is in the Debian > > archive. But it's not part of the upstream GCC code; it's built from > > a separate source package that basically contains Iain's diffs to > > the gcc sources. The build scripts download & unpack the upstream > > gcc sources and patch it in order to build the gdc binaries. > > > > > > We are essentially part of the same source package as gcc in Debian > (and thus, all Debian derivatives that use unstable) now. > > This was to simplify maintenance for myself and the Debian gcc maintainers. [...]
Cool! But AFAIK, GDC isn't part of the official upstream GCC sources, right? Or did it get included recently and I missed the good news? T -- Recently, our IT department hired a bug-fix engineer. He used to work for Volkswagen.
