How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x

[Odhiambo Washington]

On 3 December 2014 at 23:12, Alnis Morics <alnis.morics at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 12/03/2014 17:09, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>> On 3 December 2014 at 17:42, Julien Cigar <jcigar at ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>>
>>  On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 05:21:05PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3 December 2014 at 17:09, Julien Cigar <jcigar at ulb.ac.be> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:57:58PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mehmet,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You perhaps did not understand my question or I wasn't clear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On previous versions of FreeBSD, issues with compilers have never
>>>>>>
>>>>> been an
>>>
>>>> issue. However from FreeBSD 10, a lot has changed and it appears
>>>>>>
>>>>> someone
>>>
>>>> needs to manually install a compiler.
>>>>>>
>>>>> GCC has been removed from BASE in FreeBSD 10+ (and replaced by CLANG)
>>>>>
>>>>>  I went around my problem by:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd /usr/bin
>>>>>> ln -s clang++ gcc
>>>>>>
>>>>> that's a very bad idea.. You should install gcc from ports or force
>>>>> CXX=clang++ in the Makefile (or in the env).
>>>>>
>>>>> also I don't understand why you're not using the port (mail/exim) ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Julien,
>>>>
>>>> That very bad idea came from
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23180725/how-to-install-g-on-freebsd
>>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>>> There is also the option to install gcc from the ports, but I went for
>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>> shortcut of symlink because of obvious reasons - not knowing what is the
>>>> best.
>>>>
>>>>  beware of stackoverflow.com, it's full of mistakes, don't trust it
>>>
>>> the answer that says "It was renamed in FreeBSD 10. Fixed by creating
>>> symlink in /usr/bin:" is just plain wrong.. GCC is not CLANG
>>>
>>>  So I have done away with the symlink.
>>>>
>>>> [root at admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# export CXX=clang++ (I even added it
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> /etc/make.conf)
>>>> [root at admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# make
>>>> /bin/sh scripts/source_checks
>>>> `Makefile' is up to date.
>>>>
>>>> gcc buildconfig.c
>>>> make[1]: exec(gcc) failed (No such file or directory)
>>>> *** Error code 1
>>>>
>>>> Stop.
>>>> make[1]: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2/build-FreeBSD-i386
>>>> *** Error code 1
>>>>
>>>> Stop.
>>>> make: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2
>>>> [root at admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]#
>>>>
>>>>  you should install GCC from ports, for example lang/gcc (which install
>>> gcc 4.8) and do an $> export CC=gcc48
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Julien,
>>
>> Can I stick that to /etc/make.conf or that isn't relevant anymore?
>>
>> Sometimes I think I will just stick at FreeBSD-9.x because these changes
>> on
>> 10.x are proving hard to catch up with if you do not follow -current
>> mailing list:(
>>
>>
>>  Just run:
>
> cd /usr/ports/mail/exim
> make install clean
>
> And no hassle with compilers; the ports system itself will download and
> install build dependencies. FreeBSD-specific configurations will be cared
> for, too. And the version is the latest stable. Why not?
>

Nkt:-)

You don't get what I need!

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