From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 19 14:29:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA26215 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:29:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles151.castles.com [208.214.165.151]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26210 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00753; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:26:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812192226.OAA00753@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Narvi , Terry Lambert , dkelly@hiwaay.net, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Back to sysinstall (was Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Dec 1998 06:21:58 PST." <9576.914077318@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:26:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > a) to get the new package system, we need good C/C++ compiler > > yes. > > > b) to get good C/C++ compiler, we need TenDRA > > Wrong. 2.8.1 or egcs 1.1.1 have all been proven by the author to do > the job just fine, either choice being sufficient for our purposes. It's also worth pointing out that several people have looked at the code that TenDRA produces and made some fairly uncomplimentary noises. We would take a lot of flak over using it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message