Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:55:57 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <20050426135557.GA88701@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200504250922.14394.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> References: <E1DQ5MS-000FUi-51@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <20050425152648.GB25681@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050425161311.GA3008@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200504250922.14394.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>
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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
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