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From: rwwetmore@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ross Wetmore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Latest version of Microport Unix/386
Message-ID: <18061@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 88 00:41:56 GMT
References: <412@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <24166@clyde.ATT.COM> <328@uport.UUCP>
Reply-To: rwwetmore@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ross Wetmore)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <328@uport.UUCP> jmsully@uport.UUCP (John M. Sully) writes:
>In article <24166@clyde.ATT.COM> wtr@moss.UUCP (Bill Rankin) writes:
>
>>It's a crock that microport won't package the same compiler tools
>>that they use along with their product! 
>
>We do.  We use the both the stock V/AT and V/386 compilers for all 
>development work here.  The entire kernel and all utilities are compiled
>with the compilers which we ship with our products.

  John is correct. I have recompiled some of their code with a 1.2 beta
release compiler package and found it byte-for-byte compatible.

  Now for the big question. What has happened to the upgrade to the
Portable Compiler package and (when) is it going to be released? 

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