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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
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