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From: paul@isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Subject: Re: gcc 2.5.8 on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1
Message-ID: <1994Jul15.101010.17341@cm.cf.ac.uk>
Sender: paul@isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Organization: ELSYM, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK.
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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 10:10:09 +0000
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In article <rcarterCsxwE1.56p@netcom.com>,
Russell Carter <rcarter@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
>Has anybody got gcc 2.5.8 running on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1?  This may be the
>proverbial "last straw" for me; linux here I come.  And sad it is, wolf's
>ncr pci driver is working great.

What's the problem with 2.5.8? I think Warner has been playing with the latest
gcc releases and hasn't reported any problem getting 2.5.8 running.

However, he's reported PLENTY of problems with 2.5.8's c++ compiler. Gcc 2.5.8
is just full of bugs which is why FreeBSD hasn't upgraded from 2.4.5.

When 2.6 comes out we'll look at that and see if it's any better. I don't
know if Warner reads this group but I know he's been beating on the pre-2.6
release code so he could probably give us some indication as to whether its
in decent shape.

Why do you need 2.5.8 anyway? 
-- 
  Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member.
  Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff
  Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk,  JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK