Re: FreeBSD 7.0 using GCC 4?

From: LI Xin <delphij_at_delphij.net>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 23:27:24 +0800
Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> 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.

Wow, that's great, thanks for the work!

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!


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