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. ////jerry > > The base system compiler is moving towards clang/llvm and it's now possible > to run a clang kernel/world on CURRENT. Efforts are underway to change the > ports system to allow for a more pluggable compiler eg > clang/gcc44/gcc45/gcc46. > > -- > Adam Vande More > _______________________________________________ > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"