Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:26:28 +0100 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <20090114152628.GA35621@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20090114152524.GA23889@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20090113044111.134EC1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <20090113222023.GA51810@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <496D1ED6.4090202@FreeBSD.org> <496DD37E.5010900@gmx.de> <58DAD35B6CCC476E89B9D02F51041E87@PegaPegII> <20090114134436.GA15158@freebsd.org> <20090114152524.GA23889@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:25:24AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:44:36PM +0100, Roman Divacky wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:38:56PM -0000, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: > > > >Doug Barton schrieb: > > > >>Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: > > > >>>At the moment you can already compile gcc 4.3 from the ports tree, > > > >>>however things like binutils only seems to exist in the ports as a cross > > > >>>compiling tool. How hard would it be to add binutils as a port and make > > > >>>the gcc 4.x ports dependent on it? This way you can install gcc 4.3 with > > > >>>the assembler and linker that play nice together during the build? At > > > >>>the moment, I have had to make binutils from a gnu downloaded source and > > > >>>then make gcc 4.3 with a silly make, IE: make AS=/usr/local/bin/as > > > >>>.......... > > > >> > > > >>I think this would be an excellent approach. I am not sure I agree > > > >>with the idea that we _must_ have a compiler toolchain in the base but > > > >>it should definitely be possible to "replace" the toolchain in the > > > >>base with one from ports with a minimum of hassle. > > > > > > I'm not sure I like the idea of not having _a_ compiler in the base. I'm > > > not really sure how that would work when you wanted to update and build the > > > sources. I suppose you would need to install a binary port of the compiler > > > (et. all) before you could build a more recent tool-chain. > > > > > > Perhapse another option.... > > > > > > If gcc 4.2 && buildtools 2.15 is the end of the road for what BSD is > > > > has anyone actually LOOKED? I think the binutils are still under gplv2 > > > > at least this is what their root COPYRIGHT file says > > > > http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/COPYING?cvsroot=src > > > > It's not true. > > http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gas/?cvsroot=src > > See COPYING. so something is GPLv3 and something is still GPLv2.... too bad gas falls into the v3 category :(
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