Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:04:47 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: Alexander Kabaev <kan@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GCC 3.4.6 update in progress Message-ID: <20060829230447.GA59838@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060829175022.1a3ac0f6@serene.no-ip.org> References: <20060826212120.GA66604@freefall.freebsd.org> <20060829175022.1a3ac0f6@serene.no-ip.org>
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On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:50:22PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:21:20 +0000, Alexander Kabaev <kan@freebsd.org> > > In order to pave the way for an upcoming GCC 4.1 import, we decided to > > update GCC 3.4 in the tree to the latest version available in FSF > > SVN repository. After a short period in -current this version will be > > MFC-ed to RELENG6, which will then be able to take advantage of all > > the fixes that went info FSF sources since we did last compiler > > update. > > > > The update will happen over next hour or so. I will post 'all clear' > > message once the system is back to consistent state. > > Cool! > > Incidentally, I've been wondering for the longest time now: is/are there > any particular reason(s) why we exclude gcj from the gcc tree/build? > Sure would be a cool thing to have. > 1) It's not needed to build anything in the base system. 2) It takes a long time to build. 3) You really want to use the gcc41 or gcc42 port. Of course, IMHO. -- Steve
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