From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 16 14:40:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16259 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16219 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:40:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id OAA00589; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:43:01 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199803162243.OAA00589@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Compilers: 2.8.1 v 2.7.2.1? In-Reply-To: from Cory Kempf at "Mar 16, 98 04:55:20 pm" To: ckempf@enigami.com (Cory Kempf) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:43:01 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Cory Kempf: > OK, dumb question time: > > In the current system, in the /usr/ports directory, exists gcc 2.8.1. > Under /usr/src, is 2.7.2.1, which seems to be built and installed as part > of make world. > > In that this is -current we are talking about, why is -current still using > the older compiler? > FreeBSD-current is on the bleeding edge not the edge of insanity ;-) gcc is too crucial to haphazardly upgrade until its stability is well understood. Since 2.8.1 has only been out for a few weeks, I wouldn't look for an update to occur any time soon. (I could be wrong, Peter, jdp?) As a point in case, 2.8.1 appeared with a week or two of 2.8.0. Additionally, if I understand the situation, 2.8.1 probably does not contain the necesssary files to compile a.out format. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message