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Date:      Sun, 27 May 2001 19:46:01 +0100 (BST)
From:      George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org>
To:        dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: building gcc
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105271941500.7770-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200105271720.KAA02516@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net>

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On Sun, 27 May 2001, dave wrote:

> I also don't understand how the gcc tarred source doesn't have the glibc
> library..

It's quite simple.

gcc is a compiler.
glibc is a library.

FreeBSD uses its own libc. glibc is not required or included.

> I just downloaded and built it on some Alpha linux machines at work and it
> was compiling stuff from stdio.  Stdio is a part of glibc.

No, stdio is a series of functions present in C libraries, including glibc
and FreeBSD's libc.

"A cat has four legs, therefore everything with four legs is a cat".

> Has anyone actually upgraded gcc on a FreeBSD or am I just getting
> speculative uninformed answers?

No, you're just making speculative, uninformed and incorrect
statements.

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