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From: roberto@eurocontrol.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: GCC 2.7.2 argh!. A minor gripe.
Date: 10 Jan 1997 14:27:15 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol EEC, Bretigny, France
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In article <01bbfec3$4c991800$530b93cd@think.netlinxstudios.com>,
Henry Stapp <hstapp@netlinxstudios.com> wrote:
> I realize it's a big job... but with all the GNU stuff that comes installed
> with the system (and is in fact vital if you want to do programming)
> couldn't someone make sure everything is fairly up to date before stamping
> "release" on it?
We can't upgrade "as" because we would lose our support for shared
libraries. If you need gcc 2.7.2(.1), either compile it yourself (with some
patches you'll find in the FreeBSD lists archives to remove "weak" support)
or wait for 2.2-RELEASE which includes gcc 2.7.2.1.
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Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TS -=- Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr
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