Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:35:00 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing Objc Message-ID: <200006271735.e5RHZ0610440@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:08:30 PDT." <200006271508.IAA17811@vashon.polstra.com>
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>>>>> "John" == John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> writes:
John> It used to be hard, but the egcs team really cleaned that
John> up. Now it's very easy to remove individual languages. In
John> fact, the objc portion of gcc is distributed as an entirely
John> separate distfile these days. Likewise for g++, g77, java,
John> etc.
Two questions come to mind:
1) How much disk bloat is eliminated by removing objc from the base?
2) How much bloat is regained by installing it as a port?
#2 is my main concern. Would I have to bootstrap/install XX MB of egcs from
ports to get objc?
--lyndon
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