From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 13:56:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF2E16A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:56:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2209E43D3F for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:56:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j3QDtxgb088760; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:55:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost)j3QDtv3m088757; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:55:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:55:57 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Freddie Cash Message-ID: <20050426135557.GA88701@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20050425152648.GB25681@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050425161311.GA3008@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200504250922.14394.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504250922.14394.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:56:00 -0000 On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:22:13AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On April 25, 2005 09:13 am, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 05:26:48PM +0200, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > > > Do not forget about pointyhat which compiles a tons of ports. > > > Switching it to gcc-4.0 would decrease builds time, and it's not a bad > > > idea IMHO. > > Any port that uses Fortran will be broken by a blanket switch > > to gcc-4.0.0. g77 is no longer a GCC frontend. Gfortran, which > > replaces g77, can handle somewhere around 95% of the Fortran 77 > > language and around 90% of the Fortran 95 language. > > > If you want to try gcc-4.0.0, download the tar ball and do > > configure --prefix=/usr/local --program-suffix=4 languages=c,c++ > > Add CC=gcc4 to C++=g++4 to make.conf and try building a few ports. > > Why not just use the lang/gcc40 port? :) > Notice I wrote gcc-4.0.0. The lang/gcc40 port grabs a snapshot of the 4.0 branch. You will get a preview of gcc-4.0.1, which may not be a bad thing. -- Steve