GCC 4.X

[David Kelly]

On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:53 AM, O. Hartmann wrote:

> Hello.
> This maybe a OT questions here, but I would like to know whether there
> are plans to make gcc 4.X the standard compiler for FreeBSD and in  
> case
> of a positive answere, when this will be the case. I read about some
> problems in recoding parts of the OS, but as I use FreeBSd in a
> scientific environment I would welcome a 'out of the box' compiler
> solution for our environment and not using a port.

I have no doubt FreeBSD will one day move to the 4.x series of gcc,  
baring problems with GPL 3.0. But one of the biggest reasons I left  
Linux for FreeBSD was that such things were not done in FreeBSD just  
because there was a bump in version number. FreeBSD waited for others  
to work out the kinks in gcc-3.x before converting the -STABLE  
branch. Same for conversion from aout to ELF binary format.

So in a sense what my answer is asking is, "What is it that you  
expect of gcc-4.x that makes it desirable?" I'll color my statement  
by observing when installing XCode on my MacBook, I deleted the  
option for gcc-4.0. Gcc-3.3 was marked "mandatory" and I didn't feel  
adventurous. At least at the command line, gcc couldn't find cc1  
until I installed gcc-4.0. Apparently I'd have to work harder to  
figure out how to run 3.3  and all I was after was to quickly compile  
a small application.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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