Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:24:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is gcc version so old? Message-ID: <14763.54727.726250.511052@onceler.kciLink.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000829152951.14120A-100000@aurora.scoop.co.nz> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000829152951.14120A-100000@aurora.scoop.co.nz>
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>>>>> "AM" == Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz> writes: AM> Using a FreeBSD-3.4 box, I notice that it uses gcc version 2.7.2.3. This AM> came out in January 1997, which seems rather an old version to use. Can AM> anyone tell me why this is so? Install the "gcc295" port and then set CC=gcc295 when compiling. Many current packages need this, so you might as well install it if you want to keep current software and stay with FreeBSD 3.x. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-301-545-6996 GPG & MIME spoken here http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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