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Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:46:29 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r264042 - in head: include lib/libc/gen lib/libc/include lib/libc/stdlib
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On Apr 4, 2014, at 6:55 AM, David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> If we could build base with gcc47 from ports, that would be okay, =
because then we'd have a modern C/C++ compiler in the base system and a =
modern(ish - 4.8 / 4.9 would be better, but 4.7 is a reasonable =
baseline) C/C++ compiler in ports to drive an external toolchain.

I=92m targeting forward porting the =93interesting=94 FreeBSD specific =
gcc to 4.8 and 4.9, and then working out the uber-ugly bootstrap we need =
to do if we are going to support building the tree from scratch with it.

=93Interesting=94 doesn=92t include: new instruction support, apple =
changes, etc. Someone else will need to do that. The former isn=92t that =
big a deal, since we mostly back ported that stuff. The latter was added =
after I started this project and I decided IDGAS about that =
functionality and it would be a distraction to the main thrust of the =
project. I=92m happy of SEGAS on it though.

Warner

IDGAS =97 I don=92t Give =85
SEGAS =97 Someone else gives=85





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