I'd like to see how gcc 4.2 fares inside the tree, but I'm unsure of

cool. :-)

   exactly how to go about this.
   Should I do a cvs merge in my local repository and then follow the
   instructions in README.mknative, or is there something else that has
   to be done as well?

also see src/doc/3RDPARTY's gcc entry.  between those two
it should cover pretty much everything.

at the very least i know of the following issue:

	- needs gmp

	- needs mpfr

but i haven't played around with it yet to fully understand
how they are used or needed.

let me know how it goes...


also, have you considered EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN?  it may allow
a significant portion of the work to be done with gcc that
is built externally.


.mrg.