Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:37:53 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gcc Message-ID: <20110331133753.GB93855@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim=miix3V_=TSR4pBraSGV6YuvDy6H-z0D4wKwJ@mail.gmail.com> References: <ca77572a-c5aa-4c7c-818a-9684d0b5a907@email.android.com> <AANLkTim=miix3V_=TSR4pBraSGV6YuvDy6H-z0D4wKwJ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is 4.2.1. > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011. > > > > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system. There have > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add in stuff like > newer instruction sets I believe. eg. If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go ahead and install it. The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc. ////jerry > > The base system compiler is moving towards clang/llvm and it's now possible > to run a clang kernel/world on CURRENT. Efforts are underway to change the > ports system to allow for a more pluggable compiler eg > clang/gcc44/gcc45/gcc46. > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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