Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:59:36 -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: <20060829215936.36b1d8f1@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20060830023336.GA56931@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20060826212120.GA66604@freefall.freebsd.org> <20060829175022.1a3ac0f6@serene.no-ip.org> <20060829230447.GA59838@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20060829202916.04dc8cd1@serene.no-ip.org> <20060830023336.GA56931@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:33:36 -0700, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:29:16PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > 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? > > > > Contact Gerald. He is fairly quick at addressing port > issues. I don't build the ports because I build GCC > svn sources for 4.1.x and trunk several times a week. > I'll note that I don't normally build gjc. I can try > a bootstrap tomorrow. OK, will do. Thanks. -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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