Re: [TESTING]: ClangBSD branch needs testing before the import to HEAD

on 04/06/2010 11:13 b. f. said the following:
> Mark Linimon wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:18:41PM +0200, Alban Hertroys wrote:
>>> Compiler bugs in gcc are probably just as hard to find as compiler bugs
>>> in clang
>> There are two types of compiler bug: a) bug that produces bad code; b)
>> bug that makes the compiler crash.
>>
> 
> Let's remember that the entire toolchain is important here, and not
> just the compiler.  Some of the problems can be attributed to our old
> binutils.
> 
>> For comparison, bitrot that is probably due to older ports not keeping
>> up with compiler changes is at:
>>
>> http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portsconcordanceforbuilderror.py?build_error=gcc4_error
>>
> 
> How did you obtain "gcc4-errors"?
> 
> We're not alone here: some major GNU/Linux distributions, NetBSD, and
> DragonFlyBSD are using newer versions of binutils and/or gcc, so we
> can look at their patches and error logs to fix some problems.

DragonFlyBSD and NetBSD use newer GCC?
This is the first time I hear about that.
No doubt about major Linux distributions, though.

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Andriy Gapon