Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 12:19:37 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Idar Tollefsen <Idar.Tollefsen@baerum.kommune.no> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Using GCC 3 for ports? Message-ID: <XFMail.020109121937.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <sc3c9f93.060@mail.baerum.kommune.no>
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On 09-Jan-02 Idar Tollefsen wrote: > John, > >> Don't use gcc 3.0.x. It will dump core on the following code: >> >> switch(foo) { >> default: >> blah(); >> break; >> } >> >> You don't want to know how many places code like this exists in >> our source tree much less in 3rd party software. :) Just make >> sure you have gcc 3.1.x which has this bug fixed. It doesn't look >> like gcc 3.1 is in ports (probably cause there's no released version >> of it yet). However, if you really want to, you can install the >> gcc30 port, and build by doing 'make CC=gcc30'. > > I might hold off until I see 3.1 appear in the port collection then. > > But CC=gcc30 (or 31) is it? What about include paths? Doesn't > 3.x install it's own set of updated libraries, headers, e.g.? Yes, and those paths are compiled into the compiler as its standard include path, just like /usr/include is compiled into /usr/bin/cc as it's standard include path. :) Setting CC is enough, the rest is magic. :) > - IT -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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