From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 5 20:48:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA29272 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:48:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA29193 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:48:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA01781; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:47:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:47:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Richard Balue cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu compiler In-Reply-To: <34B18F92.607D@apolloi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Richard Balue wrote: > Is it possible to upgrade the gcc compiler (using gcc11-2.6.3) on > FreeBSD 2.1.x so that I can compile a program that needs a > libg++.so.4.0 file (or FreeBSD 2.2)? I know that I need to upgrade to > FreeBSD 2.2, but for a program that needs to compile under FreeBSD 2.2 > can't I skip having to upgrade FreeBSD by only upgrading the compiler? > Or is there more to it that I don't know? gcc is an integral part of the system. Upgrading gcc is not an easy task. There are lots of custom hacks in it. It's a _lot_ easier to just upgrade the entire OS while you're at it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major