Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 14:31:09 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: Josh MacDonald <jmacd@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.1 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951224142753.1716E-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951224110544.258A-100000@localhost>
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On Sun, 24 Dec 1995, Jake Hamby 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. > > I agree wholeheartedly! The main reason to upgrade GCC is the vastly > improved C++ support (but be sure to upgrade libg++ along with it). It > pays for FreeBSD to keep current on GCC, or we will fall into the trap of > NetBSD, who (I believe) only recently upgrade to GCC 2.7.x from their old > hacked 2.4.5. Also, it takes a certain amount of effort to modify GCC to > fit into the /usr/libexec tree, which many people (at least myself) are > not willing to do. Any comment on this from the core team? > I know some hacking was done on the stuff in /usr/src/lib/csu/i386 to get the c++ startup stuff to correctly initialize global classes. I don't know enough about the internals of gcc, or rather libg++, but I feel certain that this newer code will have to be called to make c++ code work correctly under FreeBSD. Would that mean that the gcc-2.7.2 code would have to be modified, or just to force it to use our present libc? ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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