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- From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: 386BSD: Anyone using gcc-2.x on 0.1?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.155631.21213@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 15:56:31 GMT
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA
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- While working my way around the system, I discovered that the version
- of gcc shipped in 0.1 is 1.39, at least as reported by 'gcc -v'.
-
- I'm highly interested in moving to the latest version of gcc-2.x,
- (currently 2.2.2) because:
-
- a) I'd like to take advantage of it's ability to emit 486 specific
- code (instruction scheduling, primarily)
-
- b) Its ability to emit PIC (Position Independent Code) seems to be
- a pre-requisite for shared libraries.
-
- Has anyone else "bootstrapped" up to 2.2.2 yet? Has anyone who
- has, rebuilt the kernel with it yet? Does anyone have any reasons
- why this might not be a good idea?
-
- I'll be trying it anyway -- I've got nothing to loose, the worst thing
- that could happen is I'd have to reload a few disks :-)
-
- --
-
- Kaleb Keithley kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov
-
- Not authorized, in any way, shape, or form, to speak for anyone.
-