From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 07:44:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3383B16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:44:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at [128.131.111.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8ACA43D8C for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:43:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gerald@pfeifer.com) Received: from [128.131.111.60] (acrux [128.131.111.60]) by vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA7813789; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:41:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:41:46 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer To: Palle Girgensohn In-Reply-To: <57430000.1074952273@palle.girgensohn.se> Message-ID: References: <57430000.1074952273@palle.girgensohn.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gcc 3.x & fbsd 4.9? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:44:17 -0000 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/