Re: Problem compiling gcc3.4

From: Andreas Davour (ante_at_Update.UU.SE)
Date: 01/04/05

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To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>

    On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote:

    > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 10:02:17AM +0100, Andreas Davour wrote:
    >>
    >> Hi!
    >>
    >> On my FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE GENERIC (yeah, I will upgrade soon) I can't
    >> get the gcc3.4 port to compile.
    >>
    >> Unless I'm mistaken, gcc3.4 is used for 5.3 nowdays. Do I dare to
    >> upgrade to 5.3 or do I have the chance of ending up with a broken
    >> compiler?
    >
    > 5.3 doesn't use the gcc port to compile the base system, it includes a
    > version of gcc. You have nothing to worry about here.

    Excellent. I thought so, but confirmation calms my fears.

    >> Or, is it just that the port is broken for 5.2? I haven't found any
    >> hints in UPDATING.
    >
    > 5.2 is no longer officially supported by the ports collection, so
    > problems of this nature are not tracked.

    Time to learn mergemaster and do that upgrade then...

    Thanks Kris!

    /andreas 

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