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Date:      Thu, 26 Sep 1996 07:46:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        dyson@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        asami@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: pgcc port
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.960926074533.18932A-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <199609251615.LAA18681@dyson.iquest.net>

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On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, John Dyson wrote:

> > 
> > > I believe John Dyson has been using P5-optimized gcc for quite a
> > > while....
> > 
> > John, what do you think about integration some or all Pentium
> > related patches into our main cc 2.7.2.1 ?!
> > 
> The pgcc is experimental at best.  Once in a while, I can build a kernel
> that works.  I really should give the pgcc guys some feedback, but my
> job and FreeBSD take up ALL of my time...  I would keep our standard cc
> as stable as it can be -- if someone wants to run pgcc, let them do it
> at their own risk by installing the port.  Pgcc sig-11's quite often.  I have
> seen a few cases of incorrect code.  Frankly, I think that it is in the
> state of being a superub experiment (I kind-of like it, the pgcc people
> are doing what the GCC people should have been doing), but I would not
> trust the family jewels to it quite yet :-).

Thanks for your feedback. So I think we let things as they are.

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