From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 28 16:34:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E4215337 for ; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:34:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA31622; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Brian Feldman Cc: Chuck Robey , The Hermit Hacker , "David O'Brien" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:20:17 EST." Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:32:44 -0800 Message-ID: <31618.920248364@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sounds like an absolute nightmare. Needless to say, I loath this idea. :) > How about this, which noone has suggested: > Why don't we, for now, import EGCS and libstdc++, getting those working ? > Of course, here's the trick; let's keep /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/cc as 2.7.2 .x > like they are now. But for /usr/bin/c++ and /usr/bin/g++, let's have EGCS > overwrite the 2.7.2.x ones. As far as I see, EGCS doesn't gain anything for C , > and only has gains for C++. Why not switch over partially? We can have > 2.7.2.1 not build cc1plus, only cc1 and cc1obj, and have EGCS 1.1.1 build onl y > cc1plus. > With this, we get two advantages over the current system. Not only do > we get a working, actively supported, C++ compiler, but also we get to keep > (for now) the stable, reliable, C compiler we've been depending on for years. > Noone can complain that the compiler is destabilizing the system, as all > "system" utilities are in C, not C++, and noone can complain that we're behin d > the times with C++, since we have the latest C++ compiler and libstdc++. Of > course, in the long run, once stability is proven, switching to entirely EGCS > would make sense. > > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ > green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ > http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | > FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message