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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:38:55 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why is gcc version so old?
Message-ID:  <20000828203855.P18862@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000829152951.14120A-100000@aurora.scoop.co.nz>; from andrew@scoop.co.nz on Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:33:37PM %2B1200
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000829152951.14120A-100000@aurora.scoop.co.nz>

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* Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz> [000828 20:34] wrote:
> 
> Using a FreeBSD-3.4 box, I notice that it uses gcc version 2.7.2.3.  This
> came out in January 1997, which seems rather an old version to use.  Can
> anyone tell me why this is so?
> 
> I haven't yet found out what version of gcc is standard with the latest
> FreeBSD versions.  Has it changed?  Where can I get this sort of
> information on the FreeBSD website?

FreeBSD has been doing a much better job with modernizing our toolchain,
FreeBSD 4.0 has:

Using builtin specs.
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

Not exactly bleeding edge, but then again who wants to compile bad code?


-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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