From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Aug 28 20:39: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA7A37B43E for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:39:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e7T3ctv02184; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:38:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:38:55 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Andrew McNaughton Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is gcc version so old? Message-ID: <20000828203855.P18862@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from andrew@scoop.co.nz on Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:33:37PM +1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Andrew McNaughton [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." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message