Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:13:11 +1100 From: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901121216390.1299@klein.bigpond.com> In-Reply-To: <496A98B3.1010301@freebsd.org> References: <61484.71762.qm@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20090111044448.GC5661@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <342292.89033.qm@web32703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <496A98B3.1010301@freebsd.org>
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Hi Tim, AFAIK you _need_ a C compiler to keep your system secure, to apply security patches. E.g. http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:02.openssl.asc .. make obj && make depend && make && make install .. Of course there are build-boxes etc. so you only need a compiler once. But still, you need a box to compile it. Regards Peter On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > > ... the FreeBSD base system should come complete with the > > > necessary tools to build/install itself. > > > > OK, I quite agree it's not the same as perl: C is not something we cannot > > depend on. > > You can easily install FreeBSD without a C compiler > or other build tools. > > There's very little reason to do so in a typical > desktop/server installation, which is why this > capability is used almost exclusively by people > building embedded systems or special-use > CD-bootable systems. But even in those > environments, this concern is fading: > multi-gigabyte flash parts and bootable DVDs > and USB keys are becoming pretty common. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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