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From: shebs@Apple.COM (Stan Shebs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gnu C Compiler for MPW Unchained!
Message-ID: <11494@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 Dec 90 19:54:51 GMT
References: <BRIANJ.90Dec5010246@witsend.cs.umd.edu> <1990Dec5.202855.6434@eng.umd.edu> <1990Dec11.140812.1003@chinet.chi.il.us>
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In article <1990Dec11.140812.1003@chinet.chi.il.us> laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes:

>Apple is saying that the binaries they are distributing require the sources
>for gcc to be compiled by the MPW C compiler.

GCC can recompile itself, but we include builds with MPW C as a convenience;
it's not required.

>It would seem to me, then,
>that they are incorporating the MPW C compiler as a part of their port of
>gcc, and they should release the sources to MPW C as an integral part of
>the distribution.

Following this line of reasoning, "complete" sources includes libs, includes, 
the command shell, the operating system, the test code used to exercise
the motherboard in the factory, ad infinitum.  Pretty silly.  Note that
GCC-dependent vendors such as NeXT haven't volunteered to release all of
their sources either...

						Stan Shebs
						Apple ATG System Software
						shebs@apple.com