From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 19:59:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F131065670; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:59:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70EB8FC21; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so1198266bwz.13 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:59:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=XHVsloaaPABMDShXzc0KK8EWW72NW25HyrNBuGnnGaM=; b=ToJjlYjiwarxeFDkHYNercM6fgcT/TmpTOdOeOMwHt2/iJZPRw1/L7GqADuTszW1Xy kezNwnUgGqYCNIpdNucMtGG9M5I+sKqHGHfiUSAjohLeh9w9UFuWVOslh/G9YupHctyL ZjxBTa8J7eJ0KOTdj/Cb+O9VY4meujp3BupmU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=MPUNLC/f17HAWDq2deR5Gyqh4iE+yyGa59BATG40xWYZQ+EEzypVGTDvbFKo00GVrl i/kSa86Y1zWMkUCHxHvgiyvQGE1DwNMkOeSgj0opqlL/dh8aLZIypGAbyhTRe/kBltiw 3NX6aPhPPm29lZh/Srps8OIR4ZNgQbg3/uNe8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.47.193 with SMTP id o1mr5793031bkf.134.1282161591407; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:59:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.82.6 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:59:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C6C1EDC.5000206@andric.com> References: <65F17C45-55C1-4349-A4D1-A3D6AD0D9A80@FreeBSD.org> <4C6C1EDC.5000206@andric.com> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:59:51 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: pqm0BuWAGCn8P-SCe380Zo0eULU Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Dimitry Andric Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "arch@freebsd.org" , Rui Paulo , "current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Removal of ICC (intel compiler) bits from mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:59:53 -0000 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2010-08-18 19:37, Rui Paulo wrote: >> I really don't know how compatible is the latest icc because no one >> ever updated the ports version. This is actually a hint that no one >> really uses this anymore. > > I recently installed the port, which has icc 8.1, but it fails to > compile even simple C++ programs, because it cannot cope with the > libstdc++ headers from g++ 4.2.1. > > You have to do all kinds of tricks, such as installing the gcc 3.4.x > port, and pointing the Intel compiler to its libstdc++ headers and > libraries, or nothing will work. > > Updating that port to icc 11.1 is probably not a trivial task, and > making sure it compiles programs properly is even trickier... :) Yeah... I was referring to icc 11.x because of work that my old group was looking at doing back when I was working on Linux. Anything older than that probably has compatibility issues :). Thanks, -Garrett