From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 11:47: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1E137B401 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:46:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.isg.siue.edu (mail.isg.siue.edu [146.163.5.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB9C43E31 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vcardon@siue.edu) Received: from WEBSHIELD2.isg.siue.edu (webshield2.isg.siue.edu [146.163.5.150]) by mail.isg.siue.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA24575 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:46:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: FROM _HOSTNAME_ BY WEBSHIELD2.isg.siue.edu ; Fri Jul 26 13:46:12 2002 -0500 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:48:41 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:48:41 -0500 From: vcardon To: Roderick van Domburg Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why gcc 2.95 in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020726184841.GB28843@spastic.siue.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Roderick van Domburg , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200207261830.59401.freebsd-questions@vandomburg.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200207261830.59401.freebsd-questions@vandomburg.demon.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ans= wer=20 > to: Why is by default gcc 2.95 included in FreeBSD as opposed to the newe= r=20 > 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 dat= es=20 > back to 1999. Don't all of the current Linux distributions ship with 3.0?= Not=20 > that I believe that we should blindly follow Linux (at all *grin*), but I= am=20 > 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 --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9QZmJZU/bSegbOhwRAmmjAJ9VM2ZYp1CR3+vt9UhVW9NPqZhODACfaOtV zGOL0qkuc78LY+2hcK+Q3do= =gvgV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message