helper tools

Currently FPC uses various sets of tools:

- GNU Binutils. - GNU Make - GNU Fileutils - GNU Diffuitls - GNU Shellutils

This page is meant to track the versioning of these utils. Please, if you update external version, consider only formal releases of mingw or djgpp. If there are notable other builds, note them in a bullet list UNDER the table. This allows some overview.

Go32v2

file	package	our version	external version	remarks
ar	binutils	2.17	2.19
as	binutils	2.17	2.19
ld	binutils	2.17	2.19
objdump	binutils	2.17	2.19
strip	binutils	2.17	2.19
gdb	-	6.1.1	6.1.1	6.4 in beta
gdb (in ide)	-	6.1.1	6.1.1
make	-	3.79.1	3.79.1
upx	-	3.03
cmp	diffutils	2.8.7	2.8.7
diff	diffutils	2.8.7	2.8.7
cp	fileutils	4.1	4.1
ginstall	fileutils	4.1	4.1
gmkdir	fileutils	4.1	4.1
mv	fileutils	4.1	4.1
rm	fileutils	4.1	4.1
gdate	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11
gecho	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11
pwd	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11
grep		2.5.3	2.4	beta: 2.5.4
patch		2.5.9	2.5.9
zip		2.32
cwsdpmi	djgpp	v0.90+ (r5)
wemu386.dxe	djgpp	beta 1.11		version obtained with "strings"

Win32

file	package	our version	external version	remarks
ar	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
as	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
ld	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
dlltool	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
objdump	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
strip	binutils	2.9.5
windres	binutils	2.16.91 20050827
gdb	-	6.3
make	-	3.80
upx	-	3.03
cmp	diffutils	2.7
diff	diffutils	2.7
cp	fileutils	4.0a
ginstall	fileutils	3.16		Needs manifest on Vista, added in 2.4.0
gmkdir	fileutils	3.16
mv	fileutils	3.16
rm	fileutils	3.16
gcc	gcc	2.95
cpp	gcc	2.95 (19990728)
gdate	shutils	1.13
gecho	shutils	1.9.4
pwd	shutils	-		doesn't understand --version, no version info with strings
gorc		0.90.3c
grep		2.5.1
patch		2.5		Needs manifest on Vista.
unzip		5.42
zip		2.3 (november 1999)

OS/2

file	package	our version	external version	remarks
ar	binutils	2.9.1
as	binutils	2.9.1
ld	binutils	2.6		EMX
objdump	binutils	2.9.1
strip	binutils	2.9.1
gdb	-	4.16
make	-	3.76.1
diff	diffutils	2.8
cp	fileutils	3.13
ginstall	fileutils	3.13
mkdir	fileutils	3.13
mv	fileutils	3.13
rm	fileutils	3.13
date	shutils	1.12
pwd	shutils	1.12

     LD for EMX
     EMXBIND 0.9d
     NM 2.9.1 for EMX
     GASP 1.2 for EMX
     ObjCopy 2.9.1 for EMX
     ObjDump 2.9.1 for EMX
     Strip 2.9.1 for EMX
     RANLIB 2.9.1 for EMX
     Make 3.76.1
     RM 3.13
     CP 3.13
     MV 3.13
     ChMod 3.13
     PWD 1.12
     Install 3.13
     Date 1.12
     Echo 1.12
     Diff 2.8
 gdbemx.zip      contains the GNU Debugger 4.16 for EMX,
                 PMGDB (Presentation Manager add-on for GDB) and GPROF 2.9.1