Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:30:35 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> Cc: Marc Wandschneider <MarcW@Lanfear.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: latest gcc? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911251229410.63896-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <019a01bf3756$1ecf9920$470cb3d4@asmodean>
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On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Oren Sarig wrote: > > gcc appears to be up to version 2.95 or so. > > > > Question: Is there a way to update the 2.7.2 that comes with > > 3.3 release to this version? or, do I have to download and build > the > > latest, put it in /usr/local/bin as gcc, and unlink /usr/bin/gcc so > that > > cc still works with 2.7 ... > > > > any recommendations? > > Yep, though it's probably not what you want: don't upgrade. When the > release was made, a whole lot newer version of gcc was available, and > wasn't included for a reason: gcc 2.7.1.2 (or whatever it is) is the > best cross between beinng latest and being good - gcc 2.8 introduced > bugs that render it unusable for lots of tasks. 2.9 is no different. > If you want a more modern compiler, use egcs, probably from ports. gcc 2.95.x == egcs ... they remerged the two projects a couple of months back, and have kept the 'open development' model running...FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT has already been upgraded to 2.95.x as its system compiler... Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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