From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 15:50:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3015106564A for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:50:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerald@pfeifer.com) Received: from relay01.pair.com (relay01.pair.com [209.68.5.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FE768FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:50:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 80222 invoked from network); 31 Dec 2010 15:24:00 -0000 Received: from 188.118.255.10 (HELO ?192.168.0.131?) (188.118.255.10) by relay01.pair.com with SMTP; 31 Dec 2010 15:24:00 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 188.118.255.10 Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:24:00 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer To: Troy In-Reply-To: <4D1DED89.8030408@twisted.net> Message-ID: References: <4D1DED89.8030408@twisted.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc-4.4.6.20101012 marked broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:50:43 -0000 On Fri, 31 Dec 2010, Troy wrote: > I was trying to upgrade the gcc port and received the following: > > portupgrade gcc-4.4.6.20101012 > ** Port marked as IGNORE: lang/gcc44: > is marked as broken: does not build > ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) > - lang/gcc44 (marked as IGNORE) > > Is it safe to remove this port? isn't gcc part of the core operating > system? I'm not sure which port went to install this but I'm hesitant to > remove it and break my ability to compile. lang/gcc44 is not part of the core operating system, but one of the many the programs offered via the FreeBSD Ports Collection. If you want to use GCC on FreeBSD, I recommend to go for lang/gcc45 (short: gcc45). I do not know what caused the installation of gcc44 on your system, but gcc45 should be strictly preferrable and not needed by anything else. Gerald PS: There is a suggested fix for the issue around lang/gcc44 that I will give another try after it originally failed for me, but that does not change any of the above. -- Gerald (Jerry) Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/