Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:49:24 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <20110331144924.GC85381@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <ca77572a-c5aa-4c7c-818a-9684d0b5a907@email.android.com> <AANLkTim=miix3V_=TSR4pBraSGV6YuvDy6H-z0D4wKwJ@mail.gmail.com> <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > > > > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is 4.2.1. > > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. > > > > > > > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. There have > > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add in stuff like > > newer instruction sets I believe. > > eg. If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go > ahead and install it. The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc. What is FreeBSD c compiler? Isn't it GCC? % cc --version cc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD] As far back as I know (starting from 4.9) it's always been GCC Perhaps I misunderstood you.. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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