gcc

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:37:53AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:10:44PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gary Dunn <knowtree at aloha.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > When will we bump the version of gcc? On my fresh 8.2 build it is 4.2.1.
> > > The ports tree has newer, up to 4.7.0 dated 19 Mar 2011.
> > >
> > 
> > Probably never, as GPL 3 code isn't allowed in the base system.  There have
> > been some optimizations backported to gcc in CURRENT that add in stuff like
> > newer instruction sets I believe.
> 
> eg.  If you want a newer gcc, such as the one in ports, then go 
> ahead and install it.   The system uses a FreeBSD c compiler, not gcc.

What is FreeBSD c compiler?
Isn't it GCC?

% cc --version
cc (GCC) 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD]

As far back as I know (starting from 4.9)
it's always been GCC 

Perhaps I misunderstood you..

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