From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 6 20:50:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from espresso.q9media.com (espresso.q9media.com [216.254.138.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677AB37B41D; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 20:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mike@localhost) by espresso.q9media.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g174kTa11274; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:46:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 23:46:28 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft To: Peter Wemm Cc: Joe Kelsey , obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc3.x issues Message-ID: <20020206234628.R6496@espresso.q9media.com> References: <15457.56475.172650.789685@zircon.zircon.seattle.wa.us> <20020207031843.A6C153BAC@overcee.wemm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020207031843.A6C153BAC@overcee.wemm.org>; from peter@wemm.org on Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 07:18:43PM -0800 Organization: The FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Peter Wemm writes: > 2: We need to get a *basic* compiler up and running first. Give David > a break, ok? There are far bigger problems to deal with first before > futzing around on obscure languages that we have no critical need for > in the base system. We ***NEED*** the ability to compile basic C code > for the sparc64, ia64 and x86-64 platforms. Until that is dealt with, > the rest is a luxury. Yes, absolutely. Every minute David spends replying to these idiotic suggestions wastes valuable project time. How many FreeBSD users need to compile Java to machine code? 2, 3, 4 people? How hard is it to use `pkg_add -r' and rearrange your PATH to make a stock GCC work? Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message