Compiling FreeBSD 4.10 kernel with gcc native and gcc-3.4.3

[Edward B. Dreger]

KK> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:29:38 -0800
KK> From: Kris Kennaway

KK> Actually, all the responses I've seen so far have been incorrect, or
KK> haven't mentioned the real reason.  FreeBSD 4.10 is using gcc 2.95
KK> because later versions of g++ produce incompatible object code, so we

Ah.  Of this I was unaware; I use gcc, don't track it, have few packages
using C++ code, and was none the wiser.


KK> cannot update without forcing every 4.x user to recompile every piece
KK> of C++ code on their system.  That's not acceptable in a -stable
KK> branch.

Indeed.


Eddy
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