From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Nov 20 18:37:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA11712 for ports-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 18:37:04 -0800 Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA11697 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 18:36:53 -0800 Received: from cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (cappuccino.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.14]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id VAA16888; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:36:51 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.6.4) id VAA17354; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:36:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 21:36:50 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu To: Super-User cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc for freebsd? In-Reply-To: <199511202206.RAA02005@aries.fb3.noaa.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Super-User wrote: > Sorry to bother you - > > Gcc is conspicuous by it's absence from your "ported" lists. Is it not > portable to freebsd? That's because GCC 2.6.3 is the system compiler, and not part of the ports collection. You get gcc whether of not you get any ports applications. If it isn't, then how did you get gnu f77 working? > I thought g77 relied on gcc as it's back end! Also, I noticed the text > associated with bcc - "can do 16-bit code". Is freebsd a 16-bit OS? No, FreeBSD is a fully 32 bit OS. There is no dual memory map, or anything like multiple memory models from DOS. > > Thanks for your insights, > Steve Harris > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: