Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:43:01 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: ckempf@enigami.com (Cory Kempf) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compilers: 2.8.1 v 2.7.2.1? Message-ID: <199803162243.OAA00589@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <v04003a07b1334f4e0bd5@[208.140.182.45]> from Cory Kempf at "Mar 16, 98 04:55:20 pm"
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According to Cory Kempf: > OK, dumb question time: > > In the current system, in the /usr/ports directory, exists gcc 2.8.1. > Under /usr/src, is 2.7.2.1, which seems to be built and installed as part > of make world. > > In that this is -current we are talking about, why is -current still using > the older compiler? > FreeBSD-current is on the bleeding edge not the edge of insanity ;-) gcc is too crucial to haphazardly upgrade until its stability is well understood. Since 2.8.1 has only been out for a few weeks, I wouldn't look for an update to occur any time soon. (I could be wrong, Peter, jdp?) As a point in case, 2.8.1 appeared with a week or two of 2.8.0. Additionally, if I understand the situation, 2.8.1 probably does not contain the necesssary files to compile a.out format. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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