Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:35:22 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> To: LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Update gcc? Message-ID: <CADL2u4jqQ0FUCzyrJatOvgF8%2BZW4rpEHutt1YuigShk-PySthw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4291C7F9-A9D8-4DE6-8232-BDA64EDDAF93@kreme.com> References: <4291C7F9-A9D8-4DE6-8232-BDA64EDDAF93@kreme.com>
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2014-02-25 10:57 GMT+01:00 LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com>: > At the risk of starting a kerfuffle, is there any reason to update gcc on > 8.4 or 9.2 from the GPLv2 version 4.2.1 to something more current? > > (I can think of many reasons *not* to, but they all have to do with > writing code which I am not doing). > > I know 10.0 moves to clang (which is familiar to me since OS X changed to > clang a while ago because of the GPLv3 issues), but I'm not ready to move > to 10.0 and I know there are still issues with clang and that some packag= es > still require gcc. > > You answered your own question ;) If you need a newer GCC, you can instal= l one from ports / packages: lang/gcc (currently 4.6) or lang/gcc4[6-9] for a specific version. After that set CC and CXX in /etc/make.conf to the newer GCC. Regards, Ren=E9
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