Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:24:39 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Huzzah! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811291919370.1605-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <19981130104455.B831@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> I'd like that however, since core won't accept new compilers i think > >>> sticking with 2.7.2.2 is best right now. > >> > >> You misunderstand. 2.8 is definitely on the program, but it won't be > >> committed until the last wrinkles have been worked out. I expect that > >> to be the case before the Sparc port is ready :-) > > > > I thought 2.8.1 was decidedly broken in many areas, considering it > > seems that the gcc project is dead, why aren't we going to use > > egcs? > > That's the first I've heard of the death of the gcc project. Tell me > more. Hmm, Maybe i misread the pages at cygnus... but, egcs does seem to be a more worked on project. Or it may just appear that way because they release snapshots so often. We don't like egcs because... why? I'm trying to avoid playing musical compilers :) > >>> I want to minimize any "favors" that need to be done for us by core > >>> and upgrading the compiler in the tree seems to take more than > >>> double our playing chips. > >> > >> No, I still think this is the way to go. But Wes Peters has been > >> doing a fair amount of work in this area; contact him if you have any > >> trouble. > > > > Urk, i already got 2.7.2.2 working it seems. I'll see about 2.8.1 > > after you get back to me about why 2.8.1 vs egcs. I'd much rather > > work with something that is going to have some sort of ongoing > > effort for improvement than something that is abandoned. > > > > I'm going to start downloading gcc2.8.1 now to take a look. > > > > Also, do you want to move this discussion back onto the list? > > Sure, no worries. done. -Alfred > > Greg > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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