On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:42:59PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-10-20 13:52, Subhro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:01:07 +0100, Michael Walker wrote: > > > > > > I'm not to familiar with what goes on behind the scenes during the FreeBSD > > > install process. So please forgive me if this is a dumb question. > > > Is there any way to install FreeBSD without gcc and later build from the > > > ports tree, to enable me to keep upto date with the gcc project releases. > > > > > > Like I said, I don't know if this is possible, but any replies are > > > gratefully accepted. > > > > Nopes its not possible. However you can very well use the gcc present > > in the port and use the knob to overwirte the system compiler although > > that is not recommended. > > It's possible to install the gcc-3.5 port under /usr/local and then set CC > appropriately in your environment. This will let select programs build with > the newer gcc but will keep the system compiler unchanged. > > Overwriting the system compiler might be a serious problem, especially if the > newly installed proves to be buggy and in need of a replacement but is unable > to complete a full buildworld cycle. You would then have to reinstall the > entire system from the original installation media!
Moreover, you usually can't build FreeBSD with a non-system version of the gcc compiler. Kris
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