Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:13:25 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: dcarmich@mcs.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When will FreeBSD get gcc 2.8.1 as default? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811011612020.316-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199811011839.MAA26224@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, David Kelly wrote:
> dcarmich@mcs.com writes:
> > I've heard that soon after 3.0-RELEASE, there are plans to upgrade
> > FreeBSD to use gcc 2.8.1 as the default.
> > Any timeframe on when that will occur?
> >
> > (I'm currently using Slackware Linux because the C++ compiler (egcs) is better
> > , but it would be nice to use gcc-2.8.1 or egcs in FreeBSD by default)
>
> Usually the latest GCC is in ports long before merging with a public
> release. Its up to people like you who actually demand the new features
> and closely monitor the functioning of your code to work out the kinks
> in order to protect people like me. :-)
>
> Have you tried /usr/ports/lang/gcc28?
Its currently marked as BROKEN, actually...and EGCS is using an
'under development' version of EGCS instead of something stable :(
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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