From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 08:56:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C618B16A468 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1409613C465; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:56:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47132B20.5030006@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:56:00 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Naram Qashat References: <4712D9D8.5090105@cyberbotx.com> In-Reply-To: <4712D9D8.5090105@cyberbotx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports using gcc 4.2 under FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:56:03 -0000 Naram Qashat wrote: > I was wondering if it would be possible to test if a port would work > properly with GCC 4.2 would help test for FreeBSD 7-CURRENT if I use the > lang/gcc42 port while under 6.2-RELEASE. I want to test and see what > does and doesn't compile, maybe to see if I could help the ports tree > for 7-CURRENT before I try to move to 7-CURRENT myself. You don't need to test to see whether or not they compile, hundreds of them that do not compile are already marked BROKEN. What is needed is someone to fix them, and that you can help with using the gcc42 port. Kris