Re: [avr-gcc-list] Experimental WinAVR/avr-gcc update for Win32

[E. Weddington]

<snip> 
> The info_fix patches are mine. All they do is allow me to 
install the
> info files with the avr- prefix so my rpms don't conflict 
with native
> gcc and binutils. They should not be needed for WinAVR.


Great! Thanks for letting me know.
 
> The combine-fix is the one that Denis posted a few weeks 
ago.

That's what I suspected. However, I don't have a copy of it 
or a handy link to that patch...
I'm very interested in being able to include this in 3.3.1 
and not have to wait until 3.4.

 
> Don't know where the mingw32 patch came from.
> 
> All put the mingw32 patch are on savannah:
> 
>   http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/avr-libc/released/


AFAIK, I've got the mingw patch from Tony Mahar. That's 
what I use to build gcc with.

 
> > And of course WinAVR will contain the new avr-libc 1.0 
release.
> 
> Which hasn't been released yet...

Testing today for Windows. My guess is that WinAVR will 
include 1.0 when it is ready (sometime soon after Joerg 
gets back after August 23 I suspect).

 
> >
> > Other tasks that need to be done for the new release:
> > 1. avrdude: make sure that recent patches are in and 
built. New version
> > cut.
> > 2. New GDB 6.0 built. (Check to see if even released 
yet.)
> 
> Noise on the gdb list about a snapshot on the 23 and 
release on the
> 30th.

Thanks!
 
> > 3. New avarice built. See if there will be 
an "official" release (Hi, Ted
> > and David)
> 
> Not likely in the next few weeks, I'm still getting some 
bug reports
> and looking into them.

I realize that avarice is, and has been, a quick moving 
target. I don't expect an "official" release, but I would 
like to include a somewhat-stable snapshot. I'm looking 
toward the end of the month as that's when other projects 
(gdb, avr-libc, avrdude) should stabilize as well.

Speaking of avrdude, I have to get Alex's timing patch in 
and test building it. Ted, perhaps at the end of the month 
a minor release (4.2.0) could be done? (We can also discuss 
on avrdude-dev if needed.)

In the meanwhile, I'm starting to test the builds of the 
various projects, the WinAVR readme is being rewritten, I 
have some issues to look into on building the installation, 
and I have to pull in documentation.
 
Eric