Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:46:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: benedict@echonyc.com Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: egcs and -stable Message-ID: <199802172246.PAA05239@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980217173007.8019A-100000@echonyc.com> from "Snob Art Genre" at Feb 17, 98 05:32:03 pm
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> > The FSF 2.8.0 is better than the Cygnus 2.8.0. > > So I should use gcc28 in ports/lang instead of egcs? OK . . . how well > will that work as my system compiler? Does it work for making the world? > How about the kernel? Etc. It complains (with good reason) about some variable shadowing, but otherwise seems to work. I used the one built via "configure", and not the port; your mileage may vary. My problem with egcs stems from broken threaded exception handling in their c++ implementation. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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