Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:27:48 -0500 From: Erik Greenwald <erik@smluc.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GCC 3.2 Message-ID: <20020815182748.GA17388@freya> In-Reply-To: <2C7CBDC6EA58D6119E4A00065B3A24CB046492@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com> References: <2C7CBDC6EA58D6119E4A00065B3A24CB046492@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 11:59:11AM -0600, Long, Scott wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are any plans to move to GCC 3.2 in current?
> >
> > Since it is just an ABI change it should work, without changing
> > anything.
> >
> > It would give us a stable, multivendor ABI to work off of for the next
> > line of 5.x releases.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Jesse Gross
>
> Yes, moving to gcc32 is highly desirable for -current, otherwise we will
> be stuck at gcc311 for the entire life of FreeBSD 5.x. The important
> question to ask is, who will do the dirty work?
>
> Scott
>
I'd be willing to help. I'm not exactly sure on what modifications to
gcc are required to shove it into the base, but I have time (not working
right now). :)
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