g++-3 and g77-3 packages under setup-x86.exe

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 06:43:39PM -0400, LMH wrote:
>Thanks for the information. I am tying to get the packages using the 
>Time Machine, but all I am getting is an error, "unable to get 
>setup.ini" from the different ftp addresses I have tried. I sent an 
>email to the link at the bottom of the page, so hopefully they will be 
>able to help me with that.
>
>I am interested in whether or not there is some good reason for not 
>using gcc3 anymore, but perhaps this is outside the bounds of this list.
>
>I would also like to know why setup-x86.exe is configured to find and 
>physically remove the gcc3 packages.

You had gcc installed.  The next version of gcc is gcc-4.7.3-1 so the
old gcc-3.whatever version got deleted, as always, and the new version
was installed.

cgf

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