Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:19:58 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Eduardo <nec556@retena.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <20110331151958.GA85527@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4D7F86D500333BD9@> References: <ca77572a-c5aa-4c7c-818a-9684d0b5a907@email.android.com> <AANLkTim=miix3V_=TSR4pBraSGV6YuvDy6H-z0D4wKwJ@mail.gmail.com> <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20110331144924.GC85381@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4D7F86D500333BD9@>
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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 05:16:38PM +0200, Eduardo wrote: > At 16:49 31/03/2011, you wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build > >it is 4.2.1. > >> > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. > >> > > > >> > > >> > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base > >system. There have > >> > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add > >in stuff like > >> > newer instruction sets I believe. > >> > >> eg. If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go > >> ahead and install it. The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc. > > > >What is FreeBSD c compiler? > >Isn't it GCC? > > Now yes, but FreeBSD needs an iso c'99 compiler and source code is > iso oriented, not gcc, afaik gcc hacks and code that only compiles on > gcc can't be commited, there's a mailing list for iso99 compatibility > checks. gcc is one of them, but there are others. 9.0-CURRENT uses > llvm but in theory you can use anyone, even tcc. Are you saying GCC doesn't comply with ISO standard(s)? -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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