Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:30:35 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> Cc: Marc Wandschneider <MarcW@Lanfear.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: latest gcc? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911251229410.63896-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <019a01bf3756$1ecf9920$470cb3d4@asmodean>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Oren Sarig wrote:
> > gcc appears to be up to version 2.95 or so.
> >
> > Question: Is there a way to update the 2.7.2 that comes with
> > 3.3 release to this version? or, do I have to download and build
> the
> > latest, put it in /usr/local/bin as gcc, and unlink /usr/bin/gcc so
> that
> > cc still works with 2.7 ...
> >
> > any recommendations?
>
> Yep, though it's probably not what you want: don't upgrade. When the
> release was made, a whole lot newer version of gcc was available, and
> wasn't included for a reason: gcc 2.7.1.2 (or whatever it is) is the
> best cross between beinng latest and being good - gcc 2.8 introduced
> bugs that render it unusable for lots of tasks. 2.9 is no different.
> If you want a more modern compiler, use egcs, probably from ports.
gcc 2.95.x == egcs ... they remerged the two projects a couple of months
back, and have kept the 'open development' model running...FreeBSD
4.0-CURRENT has already been upgraded to 2.95.x as its system compiler...
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