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| author | John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-01-10 21:40:10 +0000 |
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| committer | John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-01-10 21:40:10 +0000 |
| commit | fa5dde5a3073dfec3aef17cb974a15065f71c4e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 10a6b9207c981c9d61997f58fdea27b5701aad22 /lang/gcc45/pkg-descr | |
| parent | Allow root to use the "-d" switch. (diff) | |
This is a new port for egcs, which probably stands for something
like "enhanced GNU compiler suite." It contains updated versions of
gcc, g++, and g77 with many bugfixes and some new optimizations.
The C++ compiler in particular is vastly improved over gcc-2.7.2.1.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=9316
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diff --git a/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8931be9c3979 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Egcs (pronounced "eggs") is an enhanced version of the GNU compiler +suite, including gcc, g++, and g77. Egcs is based on a recent +snapshot of the gcc-2.8 development sources; it contains nearly +all of the new features found in gcc-2.8. Egcs also contains many +improvements and features not found in gcc-2.7 and even the soon to be +released gcc-2.8 compilers. C++ support, and in particular template +support, is vastly improved over gcc-2.7. + +For more details, see <http://www.cygnus.com/egcs/>. + +Beware: This port installs new versions of "gcc", "g++", "c++" and +so forth into the "${PREFIX}/bin" directory. Mind your PATHs if you +don't want to use this compiler by default. + +- John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> |