Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:48:34 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@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: <20050801144834.GA86732@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050801142546.GB71555@samodelkin.net> References: <200507311334.j6VDYZcb071651@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050801084048.GA41179@FreeBSD.org> <20050801142546.GB71555@samodelkin.net>
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On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:25:46PM +0700, Max Khon wrote: > Hi! > > On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 08:40:48AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev 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! > > You need to support gcc 3.4 anyway, or you end up with USE_GCC= x.y which > is evil. I'm talking about ~200K lines of very 3.3-specific (that is, no strict standards conformant) C++ code. I've tried converting it to 3.4, but I stopped after I realized the patch would be just *huge*). I've ended up with USE_GCC=3.3, that's right. *sigh* ./danfe
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