Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: >On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> 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 <knowt...@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. > >What is FreeBSD c compiler? >Isn't it GCC? > >% cc --version >cc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD] > >As far back as I know (starting from 4.9) >it's always been GCC > >Perhaps I misunderstood you.. > >-- >Anton Shterenlikht >Room 2.6, Queen's Building >Mech Eng Dept >Bristol University >University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK >Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 >Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
Me too. Am I wrong to think that installing a newer gcc could break system or port building? -- Gary Dunn, Honolulu Open Slate Project http://openslate.org http://www.facebook.com/garydunn808 http://e9erust.blogspot.com Twitter @garydunn808 Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
