Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:27:41 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <199903051927.LAA50965@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9902281706480.339-100000@picnic.mat.net> <31170.920242197@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990305183359.A37263@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <199903051821.KAA49076@apollo.backplane.com> <19990305195457.B39438@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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: :On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 10:21:08AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: :> I like idea of being able to choose between two different compilers :> on the fly -- as in with a kernel config option or a make.conf option. :> :> I don't think we can 'replace' gcc in 4.x. It will screw up too many :> people trying to track down bugs, including me. : :And what about including it as an alternative system compiler ? : :base: cc gcc g++ c++ :egcs: ecc egcc eg++ ec++ : :Would that be possible ? Like awk and nawk in the past ?! ;-) : :That would bering an option to people, who want to have it in :the base OS ... : : Andreas /// : :-- :Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas Well, of course... but that could be a port as easily as it could be put in the base system. In order for it to be useful, we'd have to be able to configure which compiler to use in a kernel config option or something like that. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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