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. -- +-------------------+---------------------+ | George Reid | FreeBSD Committer | | +44 7740 197460 | greid@FreeBSD.org | +-------------------+---------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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