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Date:      Tue, 26 Dec 1995 06:37:08 EDT
From:      "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org>
To:        hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: gcc 2.7.1 
Message-ID:  <199512261137.LAA14381@exalt.x.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 24 Dec 1995 14:17:51 EDT. <Pine.BSF.3.91.951224141444.6171A-100000@hub.org> 

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> > 
> > 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



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