From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 11:07:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C161F10656DC for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:07:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from vlakno.cz (77-93-215-190.static.masterinter.net [77.93.215.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3A38FC0A for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:07:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdivacky@vlk.vlakno.cz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D77609CB12C; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:06:58 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at vlakno.cz Received: from vlakno.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lev.vlakno.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 079elGwfvHSE; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:06:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from vlk.vlakno.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlakno.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A7349CB298; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:06:47 +0100 (CET) Received: (from rdivacky@localhost) by vlk.vlakno.cz (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n09B6kpu013505; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:06:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rdivacky) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:06:46 +0100 From: Roman Divacky To: Pegasus Mc Cleaft Message-ID: <20090109110646.GB12123@freebsd.org> References: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49672189.5060109@gmx.de> <2889C93967084361AF31BC85B2D52D1D@PegaPegII> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2889C93967084361AF31BC85B2D52D1D@PegaPegII> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Andrew Reilly , Christoph Mallon , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ollivier Robert Subject: Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:07:09 -0000 > Hi Current, > > I personally dont mind GCC being of a older version for the world and > kernel compiles, however, I do wish that a newer version of binutils were > used. > > I can compile GCC from the ports or download the sources and compile it > there, but it seems to get really icky if you have two versions of binutils > installed. The benifits of having the newer binutils is that I can compile > using SSE4.1 which bomb out now due to the older "as" not knowing the new > opcodes. > > I believe there are licenscing issues with using the newer binutils, but > what they are I have no idea. I am sure the last GPLv2 is MUCH newer than what we have now :)