From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 26 16:06:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25002 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:06:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (root@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24814; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:04:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de) Received: from panke.panke.de (anonymous230.ppp.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.230]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.8.6/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00336; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:58:52 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wosch@localhost) by panke.panke.de (8.8.5/8.6.12) id AAA00927; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:30:21 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980127003021.55099@panke.de> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 00:30:21 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider To: "L. Felawka" Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: gcc-2.8.0 (Re: New ports added/updated last two weeks) References: <199801242354.PAA05335@alph04.triumf.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199801242354.PAA05335@alph04.triumf.ca>; from L. Felawka on Sat, Jan 24, 1998 at 03:54:48PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 1998-01-24 15:54:48 -0800, L. Felawka wrote: > [ ... stuff deleted ... ] > > > Category lang (http://www.freebsd.org/ports/lang.html) > >================================================================== > > > > egcs-1.0.1 > > EGCS enhanced version of the GNU compiler suite > > Maintained by: jdp@polstra.com > > Requires: gmake-3.76.1 > > > > gcc-2.8.0 > > Latest and greatest version of the GNU compiler suite > > (potentially buggy) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Erm, do have privy to info which would cause you to place a disclaimer > on this particular port (probably the only one made for all the 1240 > ports)? I mean, the version is 2.8.0 and _not_ 0.0.0. What gives? > > I want to upgrade my g++ compiler and you are definitely spooking me. You should ask the maintainer of the gcc-2.8.0 port, who added the warning message 'potentially buggy'. -- Wolfram Schneider http://www.freebsd.org/~wosch/