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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!phaedrus.kralizec.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!unixg.ubc.ca!umelba.Triumf.CA!spmklr From: spmklr@umelba.Triumf.CA (Fight Sp-m!) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: gcc/g++ 2.7.2 package.. Date: 22 Jan 1997 17:14:29 GMT Organization: seldom Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5c5htl$f8i$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <97022.0905013CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: umelba.triumf.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34429 In article <97022.0905013CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> writes: >Hello > >I was not able to locate gcc/g++-2.7.2 package on ftp.freebsd.org. >I am ruuning FreeBSD-2.1.5, is it necessary to upgrade to 2.1.6 or >2.2 etc. to run the newer versions of gcc.. No, you can always build another version of gcc which will happily co-exist with the stock gcc/cc that comes with any FreeBSD distribution (just don't try to build a kernel with the newer version). I would suggest the following: - get the latest version of gcc (2.7.2.1) - apply the "repo-bsd" patch if you want to do c++ projects (location: "ftp://ftp.cst.com.au/pub/gcc-2.7.2-repo-bsd.gz") - build and install the new version of gcc/g++ (it goes into "/usr/local" by default). Use the stock gcc/cc compiler for this step. - if you want to do c++ projects o get the latest version of libg++ (2.7.2) o build and install the libg++ package (it also goes into "/usr/local" by default). Use the new gcc/g++ compiler for this step. _____ Larry felawka@umelba.triumf.ca