Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:13:11 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast Message-ID: <20050425161311.GA3008@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050425152648.GB25681@voodoo.oberon.net> References: <E1DQ5MS-000FUi-51@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <20050425152648.GB25681@voodoo.oberon.net>
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 05:26:48PM +0200, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > > Do not forget about pointyhat which compiles a tons of ports. Switching > it to gcc-4.0 would decrease builds time, and it's not a bad idea IMHO. > Any port that uses Fortran will be broken by a blanket switch to gcc-4.0.0. g77 is no longer a GCC frontend. Gfortran, which replaces g77, can handle somewhere around 95% of the Fortran 77 language and around 90% of the Fortran 95 language. If you want to try gcc-4.0.0, download the tar ball and do configure --prefix=/usr/local --program-suffix=4 languages=c,c++ Add CC=gcc4 to C++=g++4 to make.conf and try building a few ports. -- Steve
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