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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: GCC Proposal Date: 14 Jun 1996 13:09:56 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4prob4$53n@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <dnelsonDsynF2.FIJ@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <dnelsonDsynF2.FIJ@netcom.com>, Nelson <dnelson@netcom.com> wrote: > > Currently, there isn't a complete package that has a good gcc, libg++, > includes necessary, objc, STL (that I know of, I got my CD ~Feb.) There is a package, pgcc, that contains a Pentium-optimised version of gcc-2.7.2, which should have most if not all of what you are looking for. (It was only introduced in April, which is why it's not on your CD). The question of upgrading the version of 'cc' in the release system comes up every few weeks. The stock answer is that, since 'cc' is used to compile the kernel, it will not be upgraded unless someone has gone over with it with a fine-toothed comb and is satisfied there is no risk of it breaking anyone's system. As you can imagine, this kind of checking and testing is very time-consuming, particularly as it really needs to be done by a member of the core team (who work on FreeBSD in their spare time and are not exactly short of tasks as it is). FreeBSD generally uses the last version in each gcc release (2.5.8, 2.6.3) and it looks as though 2.7.3 will probably be the next version to be included in a FreeBSD release. In the mean time, you're perfectly free to FTP down the latest and greatest version of gcc, hack it, install it as 'gcc' and use it for whatever non system-related programming tasks you like. Just so long as you don't install it as 'cc' and compile your kernel with it! 8-) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk jraynard@FreeBSD.ORG