From owner-freebsd-ports Tue May 16 1:18:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.30.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 426AE37B810; Tue, 16 May 2000 01:18:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA51631; Tue, 16 May 2000 10:18:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kuku) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:18:38 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc-2.8.1 Message-ID: <20000516101838.A51600@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200005151736.TAA46750@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Mon, May 15, 2000 at 02:37:32PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 02:37:32PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2000, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > Some ports (in this case gnat) require gcc-2.8.1. > > > > How does gcc-2.8.1 into 4.0? > > We have gcc-2.95.2 in 4.0 - are you sure the source doesnt compile as is? The problem: GNAT (Gnu ADA Translator) uses gcc and a special version of it, namely gcc-2.8.1. It applies some hundred patches to gcc and you can easily imagine that the slightest difference in gcc version level would break this. > > Kris > > ---- > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > -- Charles Forsythe -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message