Re: FreeBSD 6 is coming too fast

From: Steve Kargl (sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu)
Date: 04/26/05

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To: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>

    On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 09:22:13AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote:
    > On April 25, 2005 09:13 am, Steve Kargl wrote:
    > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 05:26:48PM +0200, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
    > > > Do not forget about pointyhat which compiles a tons of ports.
    > > > Switching it to gcc-4.0 would decrease builds time, and it's not a bad
    > > > idea IMHO.
    > > Any port that uses Fortran will be broken by a blanket switch
    > > to gcc-4.0.0. g77 is no longer a GCC frontend. Gfortran, which
    > > replaces g77, can handle somewhere around 95% of the Fortran 77
    > > language and around 90% of the Fortran 95 language.
    >
    > > If you want to try gcc-4.0.0, download the tar ball and do
    > > configure --prefix=/usr/local --program-suffix=4 languages=c,c++
    > > Add CC=gcc4 to C++=g++4 to make.conf and try building a few ports.
    >
    > Why not just use the lang/gcc40 port? :)
    >

    Notice I wrote gcc-4.0.0. The lang/gcc40 port grabs a
    snapshot of the 4.0 branch. You will get a preview
    of gcc-4.0.1, which may not be a bad thing. 

    -- 
Steve
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