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From: jzucconi@nyx10.cs.du.edu (jean-marc zucconi)
Subject: Re: gcc binaries for i386?
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mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:


>   I'd love something newer than 2.4.5 which I didn't have to compile
>   on my poor slow machine.

>GCC 2.5 is not reliable enough for general use at this point.  When it
>is, I'm sure it will appear in both NetBSD-current and
>FreeBSD-current.

>I can speak authoritatively when I say that a new version of GCC will
>not go into NetBSD until it has succeeded in some pretty hefty
>regression testing.  Even 2.4.5 had its problems; I remember debugging
>it.  It would be foolish and irresponsible of us to simply jump on the
>latest version.

I use gcc 2.5.7 on NetBSD0.9 and I never had any problem. I have compiled 
XFree and  a lot a programs and everything works fine. The only thing which
requires the old compiler is the kernel :-))

>--
>- Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu
>  a straight dressing, mentally unchallenged, vertically unchallenged, ...,
>  English-American of no color, no religion, and a strong mating preference
>  for people of gender.

Jean-Marc.