Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 18:09:46 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> Cc: questions <questions@freebsd.org>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNrgNcMOS2k5B8hmnW5=Fh9bSb1u_S-5UVVE9LxAPFSvg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20141203144230.GE23042@mordor.lan> References: <CAAdA2WO2g7e48kJc8=oQ=pKYUDNwX2obV5WnzupC8gmT5xiPFQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAOgwaMtPFsNNM9reg5iRSjO5At09dbU7V-Kg=D9hcHxtEi3znw@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WMFi2p_sOraRTM1HSMt_bfUj3ragaGtm7NrZnPgwaMtMg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOgwaMtmVixcEXHq1Y2wat1p2XWY5JE1ytaFzBnew8198cK%2Btg@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WOJpqHkVe9dea-8_AXEWOYKwNRtr9ZQ6hei7X1pvZbD7g@mail.gmail.com> <20141203140927.GC23042@mordor.lan> <CAAdA2WM8s9CGN6HSe3oV=W%2BRriTLmX6X1WtsAvsGkKKnGxB3AQ@mail.gmail.com> <20141203144230.GE23042@mordor.lan>
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On 3 December 2014 at 17:42, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 05:21:05PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > On 3 December 2014 at 17:09, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:57:58PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > Hi Mehmet, > > > > > > > > You perhaps did not understand my question or I wasn't clear. > > > > > > > > On previous versions of FreeBSD, issues with compilers have never > been an > > > > issue. However from FreeBSD 10, a lot has changed and it appears > someone > > > > needs to manually install a compiler. > > > > > > GCC has been removed from BASE in FreeBSD 10+ (and replaced by CLANG) > > > > > > > > > > > I went around my problem by: > > > > > > > > cd /usr/bin > > > > ln -s clang++ gcc > > > > > > that's a very bad idea.. You should install gcc from ports or force > > > CXX=clang++ in the Makefile (or in the env). > > > > > > also I don't understand why you're not using the port (mail/exim) ? > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Julien, > > > > That very bad idea came from > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23180725/how-to-install-g-on-freebsd > :-) > > There is also the option to install gcc from the ports, but I went for > the > > shortcut of symlink because of obvious reasons - not knowing what is the > > best. > > > > beware of stackoverflow.com, it's full of mistakes, don't trust it > > the answer that says "It was renamed in FreeBSD 10. Fixed by creating > symlink in /usr/bin:" is just plain wrong.. GCC is not CLANG > > > > > So I have done away with the symlink. > > > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# export CXX=clang++ (I even added it > to > > /etc/make.conf) > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# make > > /bin/sh scripts/source_checks > > `Makefile' is up to date. > > > > gcc buildconfig.c > > make[1]: exec(gcc) failed (No such file or directory) > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop. > > make[1]: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2/build-FreeBSD-i386 > > *** Error code 1 > > > > Stop. > > make: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2 > > [root@admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# > > > > you should install GCC from ports, for example lang/gcc (which install > gcc 4.8) and do an $> export CC=gcc48 > Hi Julien, Can I stick that to /etc/make.conf or that isn't relevant anymore? Sometimes I think I will just stick at FreeBSD-9.x because these changes on 10.x are proving hard to catch up with if you do not follow -current mailing list:( -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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