[wx-os2pm] Re: [wx-dev] is gcc 2.8 still used for OS/2?

[Dave Yeo]

On 03/28/08 04:53 am, Stefan.Neis at t-online.de wrote:
>         Hi,
> 
>>> I've copied this reply to both OS/2 lists in case anyone else still
>>> needs this.
>>   
>> I use only GCC 3.3.5 :)
> 
> Which doesn't work for the X11 based ports of wx to OS/2 (which still work
> a quite a bit better than the native port) . But even for those, there is
> gcc-3.2.1 that should be usable.

Really for X11 you should use 3.0.3 as that is what X11 was compiled with.
Also note that the EMX headers are getting really long in the tooth, 
missing many modern includes.

> 
> Also, I wonder if it would be possible to point gcc-3.3.5 to the include and
> libraries of gcc-2.8.1 to use the old (X11-compatible) EMX libraries with the
> new compiler...
> 
I'm pretty sure this is not doable.
What I have done is compiled the X11 dlls with gcc-3.3.5 and then by 
using libpathstrict and beginlibpath and using tcpip to communicate to 
the Xserver most things work. To use tcpip instead of pipes you need to 
use something like -display 127.0.0.1:0 instead of -display :0
Haven't tested wx though
Dave