upgrading gcc-2.95 to gcc-3.3

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Sun Aug 1 17:59:09 PDT 2004


Dan Nelson <dnelson at allantgroup.com> wrote:

> In the last episode (Aug 02), SP Network Solutions said:
> > Currently my machine (FreeBSD 4.1) using gcc-2.95 which is running
> > perfectly. however, I need to upgrade it to gcc-3.3 which i've did via
> > /usr/ports/lang/gcc33
> > 
> > everything when smooth and installed.
> > 
> > but when I type gcc -v it still show gcc version 2.95 How do I get the new
> > gcc-3.3 to run, what do i need to do or any configuration line, comands
> > etc to make it work
> 
> gcc 3.3 installs itself as gcc33, so set CC=gcc33 and CXX=g++33 to use it.
> Note that all the gcc* ports do this, so you can install all of them on the
> same machine and pick which one to use whenever you want.

Don't forget TenDRA ... which is another compiler option!

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


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