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From: Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in>
Subject: Re: Can you switch from CLang back to gcc in FreeBSD 10.0
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 18:15:07 -0500
To: Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk>
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Hello,

On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> wrote:

> I've been dreading this for over a year now. It's going to reach critical s=
oon. FreeBSD 10 is dropping gcc in favour of Clang (because the current vers=
ion of gcc is GPL 3, which is too incompatible with the BSD license/philosop=
hy - a debate for elsewhere).
>=20
> gcc is still available in ports, and as it's not having to be part of the b=
ase system, I hope it'll be a newer version.

There have always been "newer" versions of gcc in ports.=20

Jim Ohlstein