clang versions

[Yasuhiro KIMURA]

From: Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
Subject: clang versions
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 02:07:50 -0700

> 
> I've got an 11.4 system with clang 10.0.0
> I've got several 12.1-RELEASE-p6 systems with clang 8.0.1
> 
> I'd expect the newer releases to have newer (or at least the same) versions of 
> clang.
> 
> Yet the full version info says:
> 
> FreeBSD clang version 8.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581) (based on LLVM 8.0.1)
> Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd12.1
> Thread model: posix
> InstalledDir: /usr/bin
> 
> The Target line makes me think this is what was intended.
> 
> Can somebody confirm that this apparent reversal of the version numbers is expected?  If not, how do I fix it?  (I may have fatfingered something when driving freebsd-update.)
> 
> If this is expected, is there a good story?

It is because 11.4 is released later than 12.1.

See https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ for more information.

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Yasuhiro KIMURA