Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 07:33:39 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Alnis Morics <alnis.morics@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNbFQGAYeoJ=uw7zGyQTmt3j-X=hA_6J5D5BJUMp3vbvQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <547F6EA7.2090901@gmail.com> 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> <CAAdA2WNrgNcMOS2k5B8hmnW5=Fh9bSb1u_S-5UVVE9LxAPFSvg@mail.gmail.com> <547F6EA7.2090901@gmail.com>
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On 3 December 2014 at 23:12, Alnis Morics <alnis.morics@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12/03/2014 17:09, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > >> 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:( >> >> >> Just run: > > cd /usr/ports/mail/exim > make install clean > > And no hassle with compilers; the ports system itself will download and > install build dependencies. FreeBSD-specific configurations will be cared > for, too. And the version is the latest stable. Why not? > Nkt:-) You don't get what I need! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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