--- On Fri, 6/12/09, George Vasick <george.vas...@sun.com> wrote:
> From: George Vasick <george.vas...@sun.com>
> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] GCC 4.4: Can we handle it?!?
> To: "Alan Coopersmith" <alan.coopersm...@sun.com>
> Cc: "ken mays" <maybird1...@yahoo.com>, opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 5:21 PM
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> > ken mays wrote:
> >> I submitted an RFE (#9444) for GCC 4.4.x at:
> >> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=9444
> >>
> >> and will review the submittal of an ARC case.
> >
> > You really want to talk to Stefan Teleman and the
> folks in tools-compilers
> > about this - if it was easy to do, it would have been
> done long ago.
>
> Hi,
>
> I just saw this thread today. The tools group
> is actively working on gcc 4.4.0. We are also
> evaluating whether 4.3.3 offers anything interesting over
> 4.3.2. If so, we will consider releasing it sooner.
>
> As Glenn mentioned earlier, gcc 4.3.2 is available in
> opensolaris 2009.06. Gcc 3.4.3 is setup as the default
> compiler since it is still the official build compiler for
> opensolaris. There is a project underway in
> opensolaris that will allow users to dynamically select the
> desired version of a command that offers multiple
> versions. Once it becomes available, we plan to take
> advantage of it to provide both the official build compiler
> while allowing people to also select later versions of gcc
> as their defaults.
>
> Let me know if you have any other questions regarding
> compilers.
>
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
Thanks, George.
I'd hope Sun would migrate to using the GCC 4.4.0 releases. I was reviewing an
academia book for a C++ related course specifically requiring students
use GCC 4.4.0 for some C++0x programming and some new features in GCC 4.4.
The exam we used related to the use of GCC 4.4.0 and Code::Blocks.
As C++ books for academia are being updated it would be nice have
GCC 4.4.0 in IPS for students using OpenSolaris 2009.06 at this time but
required to use GCC/G++ (i.e. this is more teacher exam related).
GCC 4.3.2 proved buggy for some FOSS projects so we had the students move to
GCC 4.3.3/4.4.0. Some of this related to an issue with GMP/MPFR testing
and the GCC testsuite.
~ Ken Mays
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