helper tools

Currently FPC uses various sets of tools from the current packages

- GNU Binutils. - GNU Make - GNU Fileutils - GNU Diffutils - GNU Shellutils

- Fileutils, Shellutils, and Textutils are combined in coreutils since 2005

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	2.25r2
as	binutils	2.17	2.25r2	(ours packed w/ buggy UPX 2.93)
ld	binutils	2.17	2.25r2	(ours packed w/ buggy UPX 2.93)
objdump	binutils	2.17	2.25r2
strip	binutils	2.17	2.25r2
gdb	-	6.1.1	7.10
gdb (in ide)	-	6.1.1
make	-	3.79.1	4.1r2
cmp	diffutils	2.8.7	3.3r3
diff	diffutils	2.8.7	3.3r3
cp	fileutils	4.1	4.1r2
ginstall	fileutils	4.1	4.1r2
gmkdir	fileutils	4.1	4.1r2
mv	fileutils	4.1	4.1r2
rm	fileutils	4.1	4.1r2
gdate	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11r2
gecho	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11r2
pwd	shutils	2.0.11	2.0.11r2
grep		2.5.3	2.22
patch		2.5.9	2.7.1r2
zip		2.32	2.32	3.0 builds from sources
cwsdpmi	djgpp	r7 2010	r7 2010
wmemu387	djgpp	beta 1.11	beta 1.11	(aka, /current/v2misc/wmemu21[bs].zip)

Win32

file	package	our version	external version	remarks
ar	binutils	2.22
as	binutils	2.22
ld	binutils	2.22
dlltool	binutils	2.21
objdump	binutils	2.22
strip	binutils	2.22
windres	binutils	2.21.1 20050827
gdb	-	7.2
make	-	3.82
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 (jan 2001)
zip		2.3 (november 1999)

OS/2

file	package	our version	external version	remarks
ar	binutils	2.9.1
as	binutils	2.14		A newer AS version is necessary for support of newer CPU instructions (e.g. SSE3), but the OS/2 port has a wider set of dependencies (e.g. a different libc) and thus it is not included right now. Port available on http://os2ports.smedley.info (version 2.25) has been tested successfully.
ld	binutils	2.6		EMX
objdump	binutils	2.9.1
strip	binutils	2.9.1
gdb	-	4.16
make	-	3.76.1		Port of version 3.81 built by kmk with Innotek port of GCC and klibc 0.63 has been tested successfully, but it is not included due to different libc not included with FPC.
diff	diffutils	2.8
cp	fileutils	3.13
ginstall	fileutils	3.13
mkdir	fileutils	3.13
mv	fileutils	3.13
rm	fileutils	3.13
gdate	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
     GDate 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

Unix

Unices usually use the tools as packaged by their distribution (or external GNU distribution, if a commercial Unix). On GNU tools are sometimes prefixed with a "g" to distinguish them from the standardly installed tools. (gmake,gld,gas etc)