Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 23:01:13 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Seunghun T. Lee" <seunghun@stlee.dhs.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Which compiler is used for ISO binaries? Message-ID: <20040411060113.GA86316@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040411051000.GA24698@stlee.dhs.org> References: <20040411051000.GA24698@stlee.dhs.org>
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--LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 10:10:00PM -0700, Seunghun T. Lee wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I was just wondering which compiler is used to compile the binaries > on the freebsd iso's. I am holding out from upgrading until it is > compiled with gcc3 preferably gcc3.3. I remember it was a big deal > when RH linux was shipped compiled with gcc3 and advertised speed > increase. I'm currently on freebsd 5.0p4 current or something like > that. I'm intrigued by ATAng, since the only way i'm getting the ata > drives to spindown is with a patch i found online. FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT uses gcc 3.3.3, and has been using gcc 3.x for nearly 2 years. I think reports of major speed increases for real-world applications are likely to be mostly hype, though (yes, I'm sure you can find microbenchmarks that demonstrate performance increases). > also, 5.3R's release date is "TBD 2004." What's TBD stand for? To Be Determined. > frankly, is 5.3R worth waiting for? or should i go with 5.2.1?=20 Take a look at the features listed for 5.2.1 (and 5.2 and 5.1 and 5.0, back to whatever version you currently have installed) and decide for yourself whether it's worthwhile updating. Kris --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAeN8pWry0BWjoQKURAmpSAKCaiKc0uZBz20t6OeU6jFzsZiG22gCgwtIn A8mKbYPz9yUy+1qUdSzEnqk= =0tBr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--
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