Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:27:41 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GCC 4.X Message-ID: <4DF6A1F1-BAD6-42E2-92A4-0F05ED9071C4@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <441D5462.4000804@uni-mainz.de> References: <441D5462.4000804@uni-mainz.de>
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On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:53 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > This maybe a OT questions here, but I would like to know whether there > are plans to make gcc 4.X the standard compiler for FreeBSD and in > case > of a positive answere, when this will be the case. I read about some > problems in recoding parts of the OS, but as I use FreeBSd in a > scientific environment I would welcome a 'out of the box' compiler > solution for our environment and not using a port. I have no doubt FreeBSD will one day move to the 4.x series of gcc, baring problems with GPL 3.0. But one of the biggest reasons I left Linux for FreeBSD was that such things were not done in FreeBSD just because there was a bump in version number. FreeBSD waited for others to work out the kinks in gcc-3.x before converting the -STABLE branch. Same for conversion from aout to ELF binary format. So in a sense what my answer is asking is, "What is it that you expect of gcc-4.x that makes it desirable?" I'll color my statement by observing when installing XCode on my MacBook, I deleted the option for gcc-4.0. Gcc-3.3 was marked "mandatory" and I didn't feel adventurous. At least at the command line, gcc couldn't find cc1 until I installed gcc-4.0. Apparently I'd have to work harder to figure out how to run 3.3 and all I was after was to quickly compile a small application. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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