From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 22:18:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA20401 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:18:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ms11.hinet.net (root@ms11.hinet.net [168.95.4.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA20388 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:18:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwlo@ms11.hinet.net) Received: from ms11.hinet.net (dialup235.cyut.edu.tw [163.17.3.235]) by ms11.hinet.net (8.8.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id OAA21806; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:20:16 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <346160AF.AF1CC421@ms11.hinet.net> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 14:16:15 +0800 From: Doug Lo X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John-David Childs CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does port has gcc compiler? References: <34613C2E.93AB92F1@ms11.hinet.net> <19971105222653.03055@denver.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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, Last month I upgraded FreeBSD from 2.2.2-R to 2.2.5-R. According your message, seems like FreeBSD doesn't support this port yet. So I have to download gcc from prep.ai.mit.edu and compile it by myself, right? Regards, Doug.