svn commit: r358459 - in head/contrib: gcc gcclibs

[Mark Millard]

Pedro Giffuni pfg at FreeBSD.org wrote on
Sat Feb 29 15:42:34 UTC 2020 :

> On 29/02/2020 07:40, Ed Maste wrote:
> > Author: emaste
> > Date: Sat Feb 29 12:40:27 2020
> > New Revision: 358459
> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/358459
> >
> > Log:
> >    Remove contrib/gcc and contrib/gcclibs
> >    
> >    GCC 4.2.1 was disconnected from FreeBSD in r358454.
> >    
> >    Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
> >
> > Deleted:
> >    head/contrib/gcc/
> >    head/contrib/gcclibs/
> And now it's really gone!
> 
> While I am no doubt very happy to see this happen, I just have to thank 
> the FSF for keeping a competitive compiler for such a long time and 
> raising the bar. When the project started and we needed a compiler, they 
> were there.
> 
> We will also not miss it since we will continue to enjoy it as an 
> important package in FreeBSD ports collection :).


As of head -r358472 , it looks like contrib/libstdc++ has
survived so far. It may be another thing that goes.

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