Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:15:37 +0000 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is updating contrib/gcc desirable? Message-ID: <3CB8D267-00D4-4A48-A821-0644CC1F050E@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <56851884.4020105@rawbw.com>
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On 31 Dec 2015, at 11:59, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote: > > Would it be the right way of solving the problem if I submitted an update of contrib/gcc and contrib/gcclibs from the gcc-5.3.0 tree? No. > Any pitfalls with this? The newer versions of GCC are GPLv3 and so are unacceptable for the FreeBSD base system. Most of libgcc in base now comes from compiler-rt. The correct solution would be to identify the missing functionality in compiler-rt so that it can be fixed (with patches ideally, but even a list of the missing functions and what they do would be helpful). Things like libquadmath, which are only needed for the port, belong in ports. Davidhome | help
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