On Jan 12, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Dmitry Sarkisov wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to try building my ports with features and optimizations modern > complers provide. > A couple of q. here: > > 1. What's the safest (less painful) way to go - build with fresh gcc or > clang/llvm?
For portable code, there shouldn't be much difference in terms of getting a working result. Clang tries to have better diagnostics than gcc; gcc has been around for a lot longer, and is much more likely to work with less-portable code due to GNU'isms. > 2. Is it ok to build new ports with new compiler, while already having a > bunch of them build with default gcc version 4.2.1? Yes. A more complete answer would be mostly, so long as nobody has changed C++ symbol mangling or a host of other details. Have fun, but don't expect too much benefit from recompiling things with a newer compiler. Regards, -- -Chuck _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
