Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:21:34 -0400 From: Bush Doctor <dervish@goku.cl.msu.edu> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing Objc Message-ID: <20000628132134.A90605@goku.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000627114456.A60692@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:44:56AM -0700 References: <200006271508.IAA17811@vashon.polstra.com> <200006271735.e5RHZ0610440@orthanc.ab.ca> <20000627114456.A60692@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Out of da blue David O'Brien aka (obrien@FreeBSD.ORG) said: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:35:00AM -0600, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > Two questions come to mind: > > 1) How much disk bloat is eliminated by removing objc from the base? > > Probably not much. > > > 2) How much bloat is regained by installing it as a port? > > More. > > > #2 is my main concern. Would I have to bootstrap/install XX MB of egcs from > > ports to get objc? > > "Yes" if you want the GNU version. "No" if you want the other > implimentation. The Question that should come to mind is *why* is it in > the base system. And why should we spend the time during a `make world' > to build it? People generally want a faster buildworld, and I've only > received one ObjC question in 1.5 years. That's because we're all very well versed in ObjC :) > So I wonder how many people use > it. I don't care much one way or the other. But these are questions > others seem to be asking. > > Notice that I have not brought in the Java compiler that is part of the > new GCC 2.95. Nor would I bring in the Ada compiler or Pascal compiler > when they become part of GCC (which now stands for GNU Compiler > Collection, note the all caps now). Would it work just as well to add an NO_OBJC knob in etc/make.conf? > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message #;^) -- f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng. bush doctor <dervish@goku.cl.msu.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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