From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 10:16:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA21051 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:16:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA21024 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:16:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA01463; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:16:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:16:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Locutus of Borg cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 In-Reply-To: <01BC1219.D6D077C0@d-68.home-ip.as.ucsb.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please wrap your lines at about 70 characters. Thanks. On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Locutus of Borg wrote: > I have FreeBSD 2.1.5, and I can't find the GNU "info" files for > anything. Specifically, I'm trying to find the info files for gmake, > gcc and g++. I checked the CDROM and they just plain aren't there. > Where are they????????? In the 'info' distribution, next to 'bin' in the usual places. > ALSO: How much trouble will I get myself into if I download the latest > gcc from the GNU archive. Does the 6M file come with source, so I can > build it under FreeBSD? Will the latest gcc (2.7.2.1) contain all the > info files? What if I ever need to build a new kernel - will gcc > 2.7.2.1 work OK? A lot. :( If you need 2.7.2.1, upgrade to 2.2-GAMMA or -RELEASE when it comes out. > And finally: There are a ton of libraries in /usr/lib that I have no > idea what they are for. Is there any documentation on the libraries > that are installed there with FreeBSD, and what functions they contain? > I don't even know what applications or packages put in there, so I can't > go to a specific program's documentation to find this out... The source is the documentation, I guess .... :-/ Unless something is stuck into the manpages... > Can you tell I'm a UNIX newbie? Yes :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major