From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 26 03:37:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA29521 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Dec 1995 03:37:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from expo.x.org (expo.x.org [198.112.45.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA29516 for ; Tue, 26 Dec 1995 03:37:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from exalt.x.org by expo.x.org id AA29846; Tue, 26 Dec 95 06:37:09 -0500 Received: from localhost by exalt.x.org id LAA14381; Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:37:08 GMT Message-Id: <199512261137.LAA14381@exalt.x.org> To: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.1 In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 24 Dec 1995 14:17:51 EDT. Organization: X Consortium Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 06:37:08 EDT From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > > > 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? > > > > Hmmm...I've just compiled both 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 under FreeBSD, and > they both compile straight out of the box...just follow the instructions > step by step in the INSTALL file *Shrug* > Building gcc is trivial -- same as it ever was. Running an XFree86 X server compiled with 2.7.2 is another matter. There aren't enough symbols in a -O compiled program to tell what line the server SEGVs on. Introducing -g (even -O2 -g) makes the SEGV go away. -- Kaleb KEITHLEY