Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:29:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: rnordier@nordier.com Cc: eivind@yes.no, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object versioning Message-ID: <199805281829.NAA01253@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <199805271551.RAA11565@ceia.nordier.com> (message from Robert Nordier on Wed, 27 May 1998 17:51:11 %2B0200 (SAT)) References: <199805271551.RAA11565@ceia.nordier.com>
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>> I've sent off a mail to the contact person for the TenDRA team; I'll >> wait and see that they say about the feasibility of using TenDRA as an >> OS compiler. > This was the subject of an Open Group research study (involving UnixWare > and Linux) around 1995. (Fairly obviously, it is feasible.) > The critical issue, however, is really whether it is feasible to > compile *FreeBSD* with a non-GCC compiler. Any real problems will > be due to FreeBSD (GCC quirks in the code) not to the compiler. > (There are no fundamental difficulties inherent in compiling > UNIX-like systems). My own concern would be the amount of code in third-party programs that uses gccisms. I guess I don't see why we're looking to change. Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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