Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:24:00 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Troy <troy@twisted.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc-4.4.6.20101012 marked broken? Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1012311621432.4999@gerinyyl.fvgr> In-Reply-To: <4D1DED89.8030408@twisted.net> References: <4D1DED89.8030408@twisted.net>
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2010, Troy wrote: > I was trying to upgrade the gcc port and received the following: > > portupgrade gcc-4.4.6.20101012 > ** Port marked as IGNORE: lang/gcc44: > is marked as broken: does not build > ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) > - lang/gcc44 (marked as IGNORE) > > Is it safe to remove this port? isn't gcc part of the core operating > system? I'm not sure which port went to install this but I'm hesitant to > remove it and break my ability to compile. lang/gcc44 is not part of the core operating system, but one of the many the programs offered via the FreeBSD Ports Collection. If you want to use GCC on FreeBSD, I recommend to go for lang/gcc45 (short: gcc45). I do not know what caused the installation of gcc44 on your system, but gcc45 should be strictly preferrable and not needed by anything else. Gerald PS: There is a suggested fix for the issue around lang/gcc44 that I will give another try after it originally failed for me, but that does not change any of the above. -- Gerald (Jerry) Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/
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