Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 14:17:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951224141444.6171A-100000@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951224133924.1716B-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
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On Sun, 24 Dec 1995, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sun, 24 Dec 1995, Josh MacDonald wrote: > > > > > Surely as you suggest most people who are in need of the latest version > > of a gcc or whatever can probably compile it themselves, but it > > takes a lot of time and effort to make sure its installed prpoperly > > and working properly, especially to test the c++ installation because > > you can't do the 2 or 3 stage build/compare with it. It would be nice > > to at least see a set of difss or a package for libg++ and recent versions > > of gcc, this is my point. I can contribute what I've done, but who knows > > if I've done it right. If there is one unified version, then everyone who > > finds problems can contribute them and the GNU team will be better notified > > of FreeBSD diffs. > > Ahh! Then you're asking for a port of gcc! Now that is an idea I can > completely agree with, and it sounds like a wise thing to do. It'll give > a lot of FreeBSD folks experience with it and it's various > bugs/enhancements. I think it was Kaleb Keithley that I saw reporting > his experiences with 2.7.2. Are you reading this, Kaleb? > Hmmm...I've just compiled both 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 under FreeBSD, and they both compile straight out of the box...just follow the instructions step by step in the INSTALL file *Shrug* Now, libg++ is another story, but I think that is becuase my curses.h file is from ncurses :( Have to tweak that one a bit... Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting scrappy@hub.org | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, soon to be: | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://hub.org | Communications, Inc
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