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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:37:58 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        andrew@scoop.co.nz
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why is gcc version so old?
Message-ID:  <39AB5A46.9FB75350@urx.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000829152951.14120A-100000@aurora.scoop.co.nz>

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Andrew McNaughton 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?

Try the following on your system.

kent@ruby$ gcc -v
Using builtin specs.
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

I think you will find your default is 2.8.2.

Kent
 
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