how to use an upgraded gcc compiler

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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:32:46 -0700
"Charlie Caroff" <charlie.caroff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running FreeBSD 6.2 Stable.  The gcc version that was compiled
> in is 3.4.6.  I installed gcc 4.04.
> 
> I'm trying to install libxml-ruby, and I need to use gcc 4.0x,
> apparently.


Are you sure about that? The port textproc/ruby-libxml is marked as
broken for ggc 4.2, but other than that doesn't have any particular gcc
requirements in the Makefile.