[TESTING]: ClangBSD branch needs testing before the import to HEAD

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On 4 June 2010 12:52, Andriy Gapon <avg at icyb.net.ua> wrote:
> on 04/06/2010 11:13 b. f. said the following:
>> Mark Linimon wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:18:41PM +0200, Alban Hertroys wrote:
>>>> Compiler bugs in gcc are probably just as hard to find as compiler bugs
>>>> in clang
>>> There are two types of compiler bug: a) bug that produces bad code; b)
>>> bug that makes the compiler crash.
>>>
>>
>> Let's remember that the entire toolchain is important here, and not
>> just the compiler.  Some of the problems can be attributed to our old
>> binutils.
>>
>>> For comparison, bitrot that is probably due to older ports not keeping
>>> up with compiler changes is at:
>>>
>>> http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portsconcordanceforbuilderror.py?build_error=gcc4_error
>>>
>>
>> How did you obtain "gcc4-errors"?
>>
>> We're not alone here: some major GNU/Linux distributions, NetBSD, and
>> DragonFlyBSD are using newer versions of binutils and/or gcc, so we
>> can look at their patches and error logs to fix some problems.
>
> DragonFlyBSD and NetBSD use newer GCC?
> This is the first time I hear about that.
> No doubt about major Linux distributions, though.
>

AFAIK, NetBSD does it for quite a while since they have a different pov on this.
http://www.thejemreport.com/content/view/317

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