From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 21:26:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA17682 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:26:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from milehigh.denver.net (milehigh.denver.net [204.144.180.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA17677 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:26:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdc@milehigh.denver.net) Received: (from jdc@localhost) by milehigh.denver.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id WAA23085; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:26:54 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <19971105222653.03055@denver.net> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:26:53 -0700 From: John-David Childs To: Doug Lo Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does port has gcc compiler? References: <34613C2E.93AB92F1@ms11.hinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <34613C2E.93AB92F1@ms11.hinet.net>; from Doug Lo on Thu, Nov 06, 1997 at 11:40:30AM +0800 Organization: Enterprise Internet Solutions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thursday November 6, 1997, Doug Lo had this to say about "Does port has gcc compiler?": > Hi, > > I've been looking for lastest gcc compiler, I'm using gcc 2.7 and I want > to > upgrade it. But I can't find the port for gcc, would anyone tell me > where > I can get lastest gcc version, thanks. > Doug White and others have posted that gcc is tightly integrated with each version of FreeBSD, and thus it's not a good idea to upgrade gcc without upgrading the version of FreeBSD. I have on occaision been able to upgrade gcc as long as the header files and binaries go in /usr/local/* -- John-David Childs (JC612) Enterprise Internet Solutions System Administrator @denver.net/Internet-Coach/@ronan.net & Network Engineer 1031 S. Parker Rd. #I-8 Denver, CO 80231 As of this^H^H^H^H next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.