Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:41:46 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc 3.x & fbsd 4.9? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0401241639480.95073@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <57430000.1074952273@palle.girgensohn.se> References: <57430000.1074952273@palle.girgensohn.se>
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On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > I just checked the page http://gcc.gnu.org/, and it says that gcc 3.3.2 is > the current release. Is there a reason that this version does not have a > freebsd port? the gcc33 seems to be a moving target with of version 3.3.3 > with snapdates in the version name. Perhaps this is alright, > 3.3.3-"current" is perhaps more stable than 3.3.2-release? Yes, this is to be supposed to be the case. That is, the FreeBSD ports collection is tracking GCC release branches, instead of jumping from release to release. There may be a regression now and then, but in general fixes and improvement outweigh the drawbacks, for -- once branched -- GCC release branches are supposed to be stable. Gerald -- Gerald Pfeifer (Jerry) gerald@pfeifer.com http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/
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