Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 03:02:21 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: "L. Felawka" <felawka@alph04.triumf.ca>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc-2.8.0 (Re: New ports added/updated last two weeks) Message-ID: <19980127030221.54635@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <19980127003021.55099@panke.de>; from Wolfram Schneider on Tue, Jan 27, 1998 at 12:30:21AM %2B0100 References: <199801242354.PAA05335@alph04.triumf.ca> <19980127003021.55099@panke.de>
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> > > 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'.
GCC has a history of releasing point zero releases, and having to follow
them by x.y.{1,x} releases w/in a few weeks.
Also, I didn't build a kernel or anything as elaborate with this version
of GCC. It handled "Hello World", and I thought others might want to
play with the new version to get a little testing of it before anyone
even conciders bringing it into -CURRENT.
I was interested in the new C++ compiler and it certainly is a new beast.
Much of G++ was rewritten because it was so out-of-date WRT the C++ spec.
So there is mucho new code in there. Additionally the STL is a much
newer version and your old code maynot compile with it. In fact the STL
with the new EGCS C++ compiler is useless on FreeBSD -- you can't link if
you use the STL vector class.
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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