Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?)

From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:44:48 +1100
On 2009-Jan-09 19:22:38 -0800, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip_at_tutopia.com> wrote:
>- Remove gcc from the base and make the compilation depend on a packaged C.. somewhat like was made with perl.

Not quite the same.  All the build{world,kernel} tools that used perl
were re-written in sh/awk/C so perl is not required to build/install
the base system (this was a prerequisite for removing perl).  IMO, the
FreeBSD base system should come complete with the necessary tools to
build/install itself.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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Received on Sun Jan 11 2009 - 03:44:53 UTC

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