GCC snapshots and the ports collection

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 03:27:11PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 01:41:15PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have two issues with selecting the appropriate version of gcc:
> >>
> >>1, There is the port net/verlihub, that needs gcc 3.3 that is broken 
> >>under amd64. What solution do You recommend?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You could try it with the system compiler, but chances are it depends
> >on gcc 3.3 because later versions cannot compile it (they are stricter
> >about the conforming code they will compile, particularly C++)
> > 
> >
> I've tried it, but unfortunately it fails. If I download the official 
> tarball and try to compile that, it succeeds, however. Accordingly, I 
> think the port can be fixed to compile with the stock compiler, but 
> unfortunately I can't figure out what the problem is.

Talk to the port maintainer or developers.

> >>2, There are gcc snapshots in the ports collection like lang/gcc34, 
> >>lang/gcc40, lang/gcc41, but there aren't releaes, just snapshots. Are 
> >>these gcc snapshots as reliable as the releases are? Can I use for 
> >>instance lang/gcc34 for production goals instead of the stock compiler, 
> >>or is it just for development/testing usage?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Not for building world, but you can use them for your own purposes.
> >
> > 
> >
> But if these aren't so reliable as the gcc releases are, why don't we 
> have the releases in the ports collection instead of the snapshots? Or 
> has anybody thought of porting the official releases as lang/gcc401 or 
> something like that?

Ditto.

Kris
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