Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 12:39:24 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: dcarmich@mcs.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When will FreeBSD get gcc 2.8.1 as default? Message-ID: <199811011839.MAA26224@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from dcarmich@mcs.com of "Sun, 01 Nov 1998 11:05:37 CST." <19981101170537.2024.qmail@dcarmich.pr.mcs.net>
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dcarmich@mcs.com writes: > I've heard that soon after 3.0-RELEASE, there are plans to upgrade > FreeBSD to use gcc 2.8.1 as the default. > Any timeframe on when that will occur? > > (I'm currently using Slackware Linux because the C++ compiler (egcs) is better > , but it would be nice to use gcc-2.8.1 or egcs in FreeBSD by default) Usually the latest GCC is in ports long before merging with a public release. Its up to people like you who actually demand the new features and closely monitor the functioning of your code to work out the kinks in order to protect people like me. :-) Have you tried /usr/ports/lang/gcc28? I've observed this policy is a major difference between FreeBSD and Linux. New GNU tools are instantly merged with every Linux distribution else one one-ups the other in "I'm the newest" wars. Run of the mill Linux user's pay for the results. Once upon a time, I was a Linux user too. Then decided if I were to actually do something with my system other than track kernel and utility versions, and reinstall, that it was time for a change. The 3rd time one week my /usr fs was beyond fsck repair I used FreeBSD 2.0R and FDISK.EXE to "repair" the HD. Never looked back. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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