From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 17 14:43:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07807 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:43:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA07637 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 14:42:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA18131; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:42:02 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id XAA16215; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 23:42:01 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980217234200.64455@follo.net> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 23:42:00 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Snob Art Genre , Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: egcs and -stable References: <199802172226.PAA04230@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Snob Art Genre on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 05:32:03PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 05:32:03PM -0500, Snob Art Genre wrote: > On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > The FSF 2.8.0 is better than the Cygnus 2.8.0. > > So I should use gcc28 in ports/lang instead of egcs? OK . . . how well > will that work as my system compiler? Does it work for making the world? > How about the kernel? Etc. EGCS is bazar. FSF gcc is still cathedral. I'm fairly certain egcs hold a large part of the future for gcc (though much of the development there might be merged back to FSF gcc). Eivind, who notice that FSF once more has had a spin-off product due to its long release-cycles. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message