From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 20 16:55:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877D016A4CF for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:55:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4B643D46 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:55:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A488A5150C; Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:55:44 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20041020165544.GC17309@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041020094259.GB2368@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041020094259.GB2368@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Subhro cc: Michael Walker cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and GCC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:55:21 -0000 --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:42:59PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-10-20 13:52, Subhro wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:01:07 +0100, Michael Walker wrote: > > > > > > I'm not to familiar with what goes on behind the scenes during the Fr= eeBSD > > > install process. So please forgive me if this is a dumb question. > > > Is there any way to install FreeBSD without gcc and later build from = the > > > ports tree, to enable me to keep upto date with the gcc project relea= ses. > > > > > > Like I said, I don't know if this is possible, but any replies are > > > gratefully accepted. > > > > Nopes its not possible. However you can very well use the gcc present > > in the port and use the knob to overwirte the system compiler although > > that is not recommended. >=20 > It's possible to install the gcc-3.5 port under /usr/local and then set CC > appropriately in your environment. This will let select programs build w= ith > the newer gcc but will keep the system compiler unchanged. >=20 > Overwriting the system compiler might be a serious problem, especially if= the > newly installed proves to be buggy and in need of a replacement but is un= able > to complete a full buildworld cycle. You would then have to reinstall the > entire system from the original installation media! Moreover, you usually can't build FreeBSD with a non-system version of the gcc compiler. Kris --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBdpiPWry0BWjoQKURAkHjAKDrsa7VZf1GVH7+rjfLmX7tFEJqWgCfco+O JlQ8QHufywIcG0gkeu8Eu/A= =vzGc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o--