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RCS file: /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/src/makefile.cfg,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -p -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- djgpp/src/makefile.cfg	2015/05/03 12:23:14	1.5
+++ /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/src/makefile.cfg	2015/05/11 11:00:14	1.6
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ GCC_MINOR := $(word 3, $(shell ./misc.ex
 MTUNE := -mcpu=i586
 IQUOTE := -I. -I-
 
+ifeq ($(GCC_MAJOR),)
+# very old gcc, e.g. gcc-2.95, fails the above, so we invent a default.
+GCC_MAJOR := 2
+GCC_MINOR := 7
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(filter 2 3,$(GCC_MAJOR)),)
 # we have gcc >= 4.x
 MTUNE := -mtune=i586