Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:48:41 -0500 From: vcardon <vcardon@siue.edu> To: Roderick van Domburg <freebsd-questions@vandomburg.demon.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why gcc 2.95 in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020726184841.GB28843@spastic.siue.edu> In-Reply-To: <200207261830.59401.freebsd-questions@vandomburg.demon.nl> References: <200207261830.59401.freebsd-questions@vandomburg.demon.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 06:30:59PM +0200, Roderick van Domburg wrote: > Something I've been wondering about but haven't been able to find the answer > to: Why is by default gcc 2.95 included in FreeBSD as opposed to the newer > gcc 3.0? GCC 3.0 had major problems that have now been corrected in GCC 3.1. GCC 3.1 will be the derfault compiler for FreeBSD 5.x. > When I visit the GNU GCC website, it seems like 2.95 is ancient... it dates > back to 1999. Don't all of the current Linux distributions ship with 3.0? Not > that I believe that we should blindly follow Linux (at all *grin*), but I am > concerned about cross-platform compatibility. GCC 2.95 is old, but it is also stable. Most Linux distributions are still shipping with it as well. Right now, Gentoo is the only Linux distribution that I am aware of that is going to start using GCC 3.1 within the next couple of weeks. Victor [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9QZmJZU/bSegbOhwRAmmjAJ9VM2ZYp1CR3+vt9UhVW9NPqZhODACfaOtV zGOL0qkuc78LY+2hcK+Q3do= =gvgV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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