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

[Paul Bone]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 02:24:57PM +1000, Peter Wang wrote:
> 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

I wrote a guide on how to do this since moving to git.  I think it's in
compiler/notes.  It's probably a good chance to test the guide, or I can try
if that would be better.

Cheers.

-- 
Paul Bone
http://paul.bone.id.au