Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:59:13 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?) Message-ID: <496B1471.1080900@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901121216390.1299@klein.bigpond.com> References: <61484.71762.qm@web32708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20090111044448.GC5661@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <342292.89033.qm@web32703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <496A98B3.1010301@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901121216390.1299@klein.bigpond.com>
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Peter Ross wrote: > Hi Tim, > > AFAIK you _need_ a C compiler to keep your system secure, to apply > security patches. > > E.g. http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:02.openssl.asc > > .. > make obj && make depend && make && make install > Or more recently, freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install its really not needed if you are just following -RELEASE except of course for ports. Vince > .. > > Of course there are build-boxes etc. so you only need a compiler once. But > still, you need a box to compile it. > > Regards > Peter > > On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >
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