From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 15:10:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0AD2AA6; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 15:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x231.google.com (mail-la0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A80A6BB; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 15:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f49.google.com with SMTP id hs14so12425964lab.22 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:10:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=CAnYtc59gvcIBiKBIfNEX+fAO9BES6UUR4XrIaycx68=; b=SKoMzMfs25SW6RwTD3WQch8rySDdyhUnH4or0Zwcfo28l1Gv45UNp0pFg2CTGlM7hT xPppJ7qVDF4kZ03yyWvQ4rUInx/ueodqDbEFSOvnukhXmepSiM858/qslmZUA1ZOvtrx o1tbrv34iFNldxRBNXkGg/bImcy7JWuyUgRjbGXn0tpAeI9v/9D3rOeBg31g8GCg/CZu 7JAdR9aa45i6AOkmFdvFMDK927O+pKG0JpDta4LSKnsP+Qo/W1OcpFZCeMNNgOLPMgp7 TXmeDhDrgAMl8DHSkxpXLCIaXWDdc1qbVD+BOyukbNKRaxC1tGB6/fWx2Qnz48dRx3f0 sQTg== X-Received: by 10.112.142.197 with SMTP id ry5mr4878080lbb.26.1417619426301; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:10:26 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.53.72 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:09:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141203144230.GE23042@mordor.lan> References: <20141203140927.GC23042@mordor.lan> <20141203144230.GE23042@mordor.lan> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 18:09:46 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x To: Julien Cigar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: questions , User Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:10:28 -0000 On 3 December 2014 at 17:42, Julien Cigar wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 05:21:05PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > On 3 December 2014 at 17:09, Julien Cigar wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:57:58PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > Hi Mehmet, > > > > > > > > You perhaps did not understand my question or I wasn't clear. > > > > > > > > On previous versions of FreeBSD, issues with compilers have never > been an > > > > issue. However from FreeBSD 10, a lot has changed and it appears > someone > > > > needs to manually install a compiler. > > > > > > GCC has been removed from BASE in FreeBSD 10+ (and replaced by CLANG) > > > > > > > > > > > I went around my problem by: > > > > > > > > cd /usr/bin > > > > ln -s clang++ gcc > > > > > > that's a very bad idea.. You should install gcc from ports or force > > > CXX=clang++ in the Makefile (or in the env). > > > > > > also I don't understand why you're not using the port (mail/exim) ? > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Julien, > > > > That very bad idea came from > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23180725/how-to-install-g-on-freebsd > :-) > > There is also the option to install gcc from the ports, but I went for > the > > shortcut of symlink because of obvious reasons - not knowing what is the > > best. > > > > beware of stackoverflow.com, it's full of mistakes, don't trust it > > the answer that says "It was renamed in FreeBSD 10. Fixed by creating > symlink in /usr/bin:" is just plain wrong.. GCC is not CLANG > > > > > So I have done away with the symlink. > > > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# export CXX=clang++ (I even added it > to > > /etc/make.conf) > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# make > > /bin/sh scripts/source_checks > > `Makefile' is up to date. > > > > gcc buildconfig.c > > make[1]: exec(gcc) failed (No such file or directory) > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop. > > make[1]: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2/build-FreeBSD-i386 > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop. > > make: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2 > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# > > > > you should install GCC from ports, for example lang/gcc (which install > gcc 4.8) and do an $> export CC=gcc48 > Hi Julien, Can I stick that to /etc/make.conf or that isn't relevant anymore? Sometimes I think I will just stick at FreeBSD-9.x because these changes on 10.x are proving hard to catch up with if you do not follow -current mailing list:( -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."