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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 08:52:28 -0400
From:      "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@milf18.bus.net>
To:        mbermal@ucsd.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pgcc, egcs
Message-ID:  <19990528085228.A8815@milf18.bus.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905272332470.17391-100000@celerystick.finally.org>; from Mark Bermal on Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:38:09PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905272332470.17391-100000@celerystick.finally.org>

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On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 11:38:09PM -0700, Mark Bermal wrote:
> Hello!
> 	I have a question about the pgcc/egcs ports. They both say that
> they install new versions of gcc and g++, so what happens to the system
> gcc (since i'll probably still need it for "world" builds and kernel
> compiles)?

From /usr/ports/lang/egcs/pkg/DESCR:

|  Beware: This port installs new versions of "gcc", "g++", "c++" and
|  so forth into the "${PREFIX}/bin" directory.  Mind your PATHs if you
|  don't want to use this compiler by default.

where ${PREFIX} = /usr/local/bin

So the system `gcc' is left intact and your default compiler will
depend on the order of your env PATH variable.

Chuck


>  how different is pgcc from egcs really? And the vburning
> question, when is egcs going to become the system default compiler (like
> it is in current)?
> 
> 
> 
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