Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:21:33 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler? Message-ID: <20090109002133.GA92874@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 12:08:19AM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > When will gcc 4.3 incorporated in FreeBSD 8 and become the standard > compiler suite? We figured out that gcc 4.3 does have a speed gain in > some numerical code of 3 - 8 % and I guess we can use this in the basic > OS as well ... > Probably not for a very long time. gcc 4.3 requires both GMP and MPFR libraries. Neither library is in src. gcc 4.3 is also subject to the GPLv3 license. This may have a negative impact on contributions from commercial entities such as Juniper. Is there a problem with using port/lang/gcc43? -- Steve
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