Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 06:33:42 EDT From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.1 Message-ID: <199512261133.LAA14371@exalt.x.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 24 Dec 1995 13:43:46 EDT. <Pine.SUN.3.91.951224133924.1716B-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
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> > > > > Surely as you suggest most people who are in need of the latest version > > of a gcc or whatever can probably compile it themselves, but it > > takes a lot of time and effort to make sure its installed prpoperly > > and working properly, especially to test the c++ installation because > > you can't do the 2 or 3 stage build/compare with it. It would be nice > > to at least see a set of difss or a package for libg++ and recent versions > > of gcc, this is my point. I can contribute what I've done, but who knows > > if I've done it right. If there is one unified version, then everyone who > > finds problems can contribute them and the GNU team will be better notified > > of FreeBSD diffs. > > Ahh! Then you're asking for a port of gcc! Now that is an idea I can > completely agree with, and it sounds like a wise thing to do. It'll give > a lot of FreeBSD folks experience with it and it's various > bugs/enhancements. I think it was Kaleb Keithley that I saw reporting > his experiences with 2.7.2. Are you reading this, Kaleb? I am, but the younger Keithleys insisted that I spend Christmas with them. :-) My 2.7.2 compiled kernel must have 10 or more days uptime by now. It'd probaby have more except that I had to reboot for some reason I've now forgotten. I reverted to 2.6.3 (but haven't recompiled my kernel yet) because the X server compiled with 2.7.2 consistently SEGV'd in the same place every time I ran it. The same server compiled with 2.6.3 does not, and 2.7.2 w/ -g does not either. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY
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