From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 3 12:12:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA08658 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:12:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA08652 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:12:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA04322; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:14:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:14:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Oystein Soreide cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc upgrading 2.6.3 to 2.7.2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Oystein Soreide wrote: > I have v 2.1.5 of FreeBSD and wonder if it is safe to upgrade from > gcc 2.6.3 to gcc 2.7.2 as the system compiler.Because I don't want to > make an unsecure kernal compilation. :-\ FreeBSD has made extensive modifications to gcc and thus cannot be 'drop-in' upgraded. You must upgrade the entire system, which isn't very difficult. I don't know if 2.1.6-RELEASE has it, but 2.2-ALPHA certainly does. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major