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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Compiling Kernel with GCC-2: How, exactly?
Date: 25 Jul 1993 19:40:50 GMT
Organization: Montana State University
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In article <HALEY.93Jul24163021@husc10.harvard.edu> haley@husc10.harvard.edu (Elizabeth Haley) writes:
>I find it somewhat disturbing that the plan is take apart the gcc
>distribution, though I can thoroughly understand the need to have a
>smaller dist. I can also understand wanting to get rid of all the
>files that pertain to other cpu's, though I would warn against a total
>conversion to Berkeley style make, because I'm sure there are a few
>intrepid adveturers out there who will make a cross-compiler, since
>they have access to other machines...

If they want to x-compile, then put the version of gcc you have on
another host and configure it for *BSD.  (But why should we penalize
the 95% of the rest of the users who just want a compiler to compile
things locally?)

>
>One question: What version of gcc 1 are you going to distribute?

The stock compiler, as it has been hacked by CSRG, and it is a known
quantity.  You really don't want to go change all the compiler's, as
you have no known quantities to compare against that way.

(And gcc2 is NOW just officially out of BETA release)


Nate


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