[m-dev.] Upgrading Boehm GC to version 7.6

[Peter Wang]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:17:27 +1000 (AEST), Julien Fischer <jfischer at opturion.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been looking into the problems with the x86_64-*-cygwin port.
> The major remaining issue is the linking issue in bug #398 -- this is a 
> problem with the Boehm GC that has already been fixed upstream.  We can
> backport that fix to our current version or upgrade our current version
> of the collector to version 7.6.  Preferences?

Upgrade:
https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/81
https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/122

Peter