Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 14:16:15 +0800 From: Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net> To: John-David Childs <jdc@nterprise.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does port has gcc compiler? Message-ID: <346160AF.AF1CC421@ms11.hinet.net> References: <34613C2E.93AB92F1@ms11.hinet.net> <19971105222653.03055@denver.net>
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> On Thursday November 6, 1997, Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net> > had this to say about "Does port has gcc compiler?": > > > Hi, > > > > I've been looking for lastest gcc compiler, I'm using gcc 2.7 and I want > > to > > upgrade it. But I can't find the port for gcc, would anyone tell me > > where > > I can get lastest gcc version, thanks. > > > > Doug White and others have posted that gcc is tightly integrated with each > version of FreeBSD, and thus it's not a good idea to upgrade gcc without > upgrading the version of FreeBSD. I have on occaision been able to > upgrade gcc as long as the header files and binaries go in /usr/local/* John, Last month I upgraded FreeBSD from 2.2.2-R to 2.2.5-R. According your message, seems like FreeBSD doesn't support this port yet. So I have to download gcc from prep.ai.mit.edu and compile it by myself, right? Regards, Doug.
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