Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:28:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports MOVED ports/lang Makefile ports/lang/gcc31 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/lang/gcc31/files patch-ad patch-af patch-ai patch-ar patch-fa patch-fb patch-fc patch-va Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.62.0508012123390.66285@pulcherrima.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <20050801171425.GB1348@FreeBSD.org> References: <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050801084048.GA41179@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.BSF.4.62.0508011706100.24596@pulcherrima.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20050801171425.GB1348@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >> I think gcc33 will be there for quite some time, but please note that >> the gcc33 port fails to work on amd64 and FreeBSD 7. > I've aware of that. I still hope, however, that this woudl get fixed in > some time. How hard is the problem, BTW? FreeBSD 7 probably won't be too hard, amd64 is unlikely. >> Personally, I'd be very hesitant to accept any new port which fails to >> work with GCC 3.4 or later. That's a maintenance nightmare in the making. > This would of course be highly desirable, but the reality is lots of > software are nto supported by 3.4. I tend to blame popular Linnex distros > that still carry 3.2 and 3.3 versions these days, given that vast > majority of developers use those as their primary build platforms. :-( SUSE builds all of their packages with GCC 4.0 these days, and I've been told that Red Hat does the same with Fedora. Gerald
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