From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 14:49:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E237106566B for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:49:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269E48FC14 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:49:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5JBe-0005Lj-1s; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:26 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5JBd-0006wo-89; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:25 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2VEnPUa085443; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2VEnOIa085442; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:24 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20110331144924.GC85381@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Jerry McAllister , Adam Vande More , Gary Dunn , FreeBSD Questions References: <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Adam Vande More , FreeBSD Questions , Gary Dunn Subject: Re: gcc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:49:28 -0000 On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn wrote: > > > > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is 4.2.1. > > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. > > > > > > > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. There have > > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add in stuff like > > newer instruction sets I believe. > > eg. If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go > ahead and install it. The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc. What is FreeBSD c compiler? Isn't it GCC? % cc --version cc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD] As far back as I know (starting from 4.9) it's always been GCC Perhaps I misunderstood you.. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423