From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 3 19:14:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A3816A405 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 19:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32D8343D58 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 19:14:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com [192.168.2.61]) (AUTH: PLAIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Wed, 03 May 2006 15:14:12 -0400 id 00056420.44590104.0000CB3E Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:14:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "gs_stoller@juno.com" Message-Id: <20060503151412.765b384c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20060503.114819.8420.866422@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> References: <20060503.114819.8420.866422@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acquiring other versions of GCC (was no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 19:14:13 -0000 On Wed, 3 May 2006 18:47:35 GMT "gs_stoller@juno.com" wrote: [Please wrap your lines at around 72 chars] > Dear Folks: > My version of gcc doesn't work (reports errors in code that > compiles elsewhere). Where can I go to download a later version of > GNU code for gcc & gdb suitable for a FreeBSD system? I went > to the GNU site but all I found there was source code ( .c & .h ), > useless without a working compiler. Also, even if I had found a > working binary, > how would I know if it is for FreeBSD , LINUX , Solaris , or some > other system? > Are there inexpensive but good working commercial compilers > suitable for a FreeBSD system? If so, what are they and how can > their distributors be contacted? What about shareware or freeware? Have a look through /usr/ports/devel If you have a recent version of FreeBSD, it will have a recent version of GCC, and will compile compliant code without trouble. Since you provided no version information, nor errors, nor examples of failing code, I can't speculate further. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.