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Date:      Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:15:37 +0000
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is updating contrib/gcc desirable?
Message-ID:  <3CB8D267-00D4-4A48-A821-0644CC1F050E@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <56851884.4020105@rawbw.com>
References:  <56851884.4020105@rawbw.com>

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On 31 Dec 2015, at 11:59, Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> wrote:
>=20
> Would it be the right way of solving the problem if I submitted an =
update of contrib/gcc and contrib/gcclibs from the gcc-5.3.0 tree?

No.

>  Any pitfalls with this?

The newer versions of GCC are GPLv3 and so are unacceptable for the =
FreeBSD base system.  Most of libgcc in base now comes from compiler-rt. =
 The correct solution would be to identify the missing functionality in =
compiler-rt so that it can be fixed (with patches ideally, but even a =
list of the missing functions and what they do would be helpful).  =
Things like libquadmath, which are only needed for the port, belong in =
ports.

David




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