Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:12:23 +0200 From: Alnis Morics <alnis.morics@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x Message-ID: <547F6EA7.2090901@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WNrgNcMOS2k5B8hmnW5=Fh9bSb1u_S-5UVVE9LxAPFSvg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdA2WO2g7e48kJc8=oQ=pKYUDNwX2obV5WnzupC8gmT5xiPFQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAOgwaMtPFsNNM9reg5iRSjO5At09dbU7V-Kg=D9hcHxtEi3znw@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WMFi2p_sOraRTM1HSMt_bfUj3ragaGtm7NrZnPgwaMtMg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOgwaMtmVixcEXHq1Y2wat1p2XWY5JE1ytaFzBnew8198cK%2Btg@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WOJpqHkVe9dea-8_AXEWOYKwNRtr9ZQ6hei7X1pvZbD7g@mail.gmail.com> <20141203140927.GC23042@mordor.lan> <CAAdA2WM8s9CGN6HSe3oV=W%2BRriTLmX6X1WtsAvsGkKKnGxB3AQ@mail.gmail.com> <20141203144230.GE23042@mordor.lan> <CAAdA2WNrgNcMOS2k5B8hmnW5=Fh9bSb1u_S-5UVVE9LxAPFSvg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/03/2014 17:09, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On 3 December 2014 at 17:42, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 05:21:05PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >>> On 3 December 2014 at 17:09, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> 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:( > > Just run: cd /usr/ports/mail/exim make install clean And no hassle with compilers; the ports system itself will download and install build dependencies. FreeBSD-specific configurations will be cared for, too. And the version is the latest stable. Why not?
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