Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 12:54:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.tera.com> To: wes@softweyr.com (Wes Peters) Cc: kline@tera.tera.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, kline@thought.org Subject: Re: gcc quandry Message-ID: <199805091954.MAA01748@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <3554780D.2B8E746E@softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "May 9, 98 09:36:45 am"
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According to Wes Peters: > Gary Kline wrote: > > One solution would be up upgrade to gcc 2.8.X, but > > the note about this latest rev being buggy have > > me a bit concerned.... esp'ly since I frequency > > mod my kernel. > > > > Has anybody seen significant bugs with the latest > > gcc? > > No, but there are some caveats. The exception code in 2.8.1 still isn't > world-class, though it is better than 2.7.x by a long shot. Also, you > didn't mention if you tried to compile the code without optimization, > etc. Hm. In fact I did both optimized and non-opt'd on my P90. -g and non -g. Because the code isn't exactly the same on the Sun (no SoundBlaster on the Sparc) I can't be 100%; only about 97%. > > Since you can install gcc-2.8.x in /usr/local and not conflict with the > standard compiler or any other installation, you have little to lose > (other than a few megs of disk space) in trying the newer compiler. I was wondering about this. It's been a couple years since I ported//installed gcc by hand so I am wondering what dependencies there are. If I install gcc-2.8.1 in /usr/local, will there be conflicts with the gcc headers? I suppose if I run into hassles I can restore this from tape; but better to ask beforre jumping :-) > You may want to try 'egcs' as well, although it looks like the 1.1.x > releases are going to be much better on FreeBSD. > I'm looking forward to checking out all the new tools ... thanks for your help, gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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