Re: FreeBSD 7.0 using GCC 4?

On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:20:24 +0800
LI Xin <delphij_at_delphij.net> wrote:

> Will we be using 4.1.x series or 4.2.x series for 7.0-RELEASE? Just
> curious :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
> FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
> 

4.2.0. This is the first compiler version in GCC history to actually
shrink compiled boot2 code and that alone gave it many points in 4.1
vs. 4.2 shootout. There are other advantages as well. 4.2 can build
unpatched firefox and have it working, while 4.1 builds binary with
broken relocations, etc.

-- 
Alexander Kabaev