Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:26:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: "Svein Skogen (List Mail Account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler? Message-ID: <20090112162604.GA77988@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <4967259C.9090408@stillbilde.net> References: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49671748.3030709@gmx.de> <4967259C.9090408@stillbilde.net>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 11:23:24AM +0100, Svein Skogen (List Mail Account) wrote: > Christoph Mallon wrote: > > O. Hartmann schrieb: > >> When will gcc 4.3 incorporated in FreeBSD 8 and become the standard > >> compiler suite? We figured out that gcc 4.3 does have a speed gain in > >> some numerical code of 3 - 8 % and I guess we can use this in the basic > >> OS as well ... > > > > Number crunching has a totally different execution profile than basic > > operating system services. Gains in one area cannot simply be > > transferred to the other. > > Would it be possible, as a "workaround" to have "system-CC" and > "ports-CC" defined in make.conf, making one CC the compiler for /usr/src > and another for ports, or would this just create debugging nightmares? Why do you think you don't have this today? Install /usr/ports/lang/gcc/gcc43. It lives nicely beside the base compiler. Anytime you want to use it - set 'CC' to 'gcc43'. I guess you're asking for some auto choosing of which compiler to use? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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