From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jun 18 15:59:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA06771 for current-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 15:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA06765 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 15:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA03646; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:59:33 -0600 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:59:33 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606182259.QAA03646@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Peter Wemm Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads-up! gcc-2.7.2 on the way! In-Reply-To: <199606182214.GAA16141@spinner.DIALix.COM> References: <199606182214.GAA16141@spinner.DIALix.COM> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Wemm writes: > It's been requested enough, it's finally about to happen... (and has even > been OK'ed by the rest of -core) Cool. I've been wondering when this would happen after you hinted at it a couple weeks ago. > What this means: > - C parser is much more ruthless... *much* more... That's a double-edged sword. It's good and bad at the same time. > - The gcc/libg++ vendor branch will be repaired :) > (Then we can have the joy of seeing about all the new things that "-W > -Wunused ... etc" complains about in the kernel :-( ) Or we can remove the warnings from the Makefiles until they get fixed. *grin* > I've been running a userland and kernel built with this compiler for some > weeks now without any apparent problems other than genuine kernel bugs, > of course.. :-) > > This should be done in a day or two, so now is the time to speak up if you > have anything to say on the subject....... Is there any chance of doing the 2.7.2 work and afterward adding in the pre-2.7.3 patches which fix some serious x86 bugs that Warner has, or do we want to wait for 2.7.3 to be 'official'? Nate