The problem I have in mind is that if the base system has compXX.tgz to contain the compiler and build tools, what's the purpose or use of the gcc-*.tgz, g++-*.tgz and gobjc-*.tgz from the package list? Can you please advise me on this? Thanks!
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Tito Mari Francis EscaC1o > <titomarifran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to build OpenBSD from source using GCC 4.x from packages? > > Possible? Perhaps. But what are your expectations after doing so? > It would be completely unsupported and any issues would almost > certainly get a response from developers of "okay, but what happens on > a *real* system?" If you don't believe that, then you haven't tracked > the history of gcc on OpenBSD and the amount of pain and effort > particular developers have put into keeping gcc from breaking itself > or the system. > > So the *real* question is this: what are you expecting to gain by > compiling the system with a different version of gcc? To quote a > coworker of mine, "What problem are you trying to solve?" If you > can't answer that question, then why are you doing it? > > > > There may be some new features on the new compiler that a user wants to > use > > and also decide to rebuild OpenBSD from source, would that be possible? > > What makes you or them think that using a different compiler requires > building the entire system with that compiler? > > > Philip Guenther > -- Tito Mari Francis H. EscaC1o Computer Engineer and Free Software Proponent
