From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Dec 6 10:58: 2 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 10:58:00 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C93037B402 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:58:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA25078; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:57:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB6IvwS99255; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:57:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:57:57 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Erich Zigler Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc question Message-ID: <20001206105757.A92102@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: ports@freebsd.org References: <20001205165121.A21588@superhero.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001205165121.A21588@superhero.org>; from erichz@superhero.org on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 04:51:21PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 04:51:21PM -0600, Erich Zigler wrote: > What is the point of having gcc ports. I thought gcc 2.95.2 was > included with FreeBSD 4.x Some code is only compilable with gcc-2.7.2, as that's not the base compiler in 4.x, there is a port for it. Some code only compiles with gcc-2.8, that has never been the base compiler, thus there is a port for it. Some code really wants the latest compiler, under 3.x that is not the system compiler, thus there is a port for it. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message