Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:29:16 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Alexander Kabaev <kan@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: GCC 3.4.6 update in progress Message-ID: <20060829202916.04dc8cd1@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20060829230447.GA59838@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060826212120.GA66604@freefall.freebsd.org> <20060829175022.1a3ac0f6@serene.no-ip.org> <20060829230447.GA59838@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:04:47 -0700, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:50:22PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > > 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. I've tried both ports, but gcj fails to run, complaining about a missing "spec" file (I forget the exact filename, maybe "gcjlib.spec" or something similar). :-( Is this maybe an arch-specific (amd64) problem? Or? -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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