From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 10 10:43:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA26306 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:43:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA26295 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:43:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA04527; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:43:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:43:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Hugh Blandford cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc on FreeBSD2.2.2 vs FreeBSD2.1.6 In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19971010153014.006e9490@mail.island.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Hugh Blandford wrote: > I'm trying to install something on my 2.1.6-RELEASE machine. During the > compile process it falls over. However, on 2.2.2 it compiles fine. > > I thought that I would install the C compiler from my 2.2.2 CD (2.7.2.1) on > the 2.1.6 system. However, when I had a look at the 2.2.2 CD all I could > see was the 2.6.3 compiler. > Where were you looking? > Can someone tell me how to install gcc2.7.2.1 from the 2.2.2 CD? It would > be much appreciated. It's not easy, since gcc is an integral part of FreeBSD. I have heard of it done, however. Check the mail archives for details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major