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Date:      Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:40:48 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports MOVED ports/lang Makefile ports/lang/gcc31 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/lang/gcc31/files patch-ad patch-af patch-ai patch-ar patch-fa patch-fb patch-fc patch-va
Message-ID:  <20050801084048.GA41179@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 01:34:35PM +0000, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> gerald      2005-07-31 13:34:35 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD ports repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     .                    modules 
>     .                    MOVED 
>     lang                 Makefile 
>   Removed files:
>     lang/gcc31           Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist 
>     lang/gcc31/files     patch-ad patch-af patch-ai patch-ar 
>                          patch-fa patch-fb patch-fc patch-va 
>   Log:
>   Remove the lang/gcc31 port.  It fails to build on several architectures
>   (even ones it is supposed to work on, cf. pointyhat), it fails to build
>   on FreeBSD 6 and 7, and lang/gcc32 is basically the same plus a single
>   ABI changes and many bug fixes.
>   
>   It is strongly recommended to migrate to GCC 3.4 or 4.0, since only these
>   are still actively maintained upstream and support FreeBSD 7, for example.

There are still plenty of software that require GCC 3.3.  This includes
various game SDK's and level editors out there I'm currently working on
porting to FreeBSD.  That is, I'd like to have gcc33 preserved for some
time.  Thanks!

./danfe



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