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Popular platforms Switched To gcc 3.3.1 on NetBSD

Posted by Hemos on from the updating-upgrading-and-uplifting dept.

Dan writes "The anticipated GCC3.3.1 switch on NetBSD has happened for some of the popular platforms. NetBSD's Matthew Green announced that he has switched the alpha, i386, sparc and sparc64 ports to use GCC 3.3.1 as the default system compiler. At the same time, NetBSD's Matt Thomas announced that the arm ports(acorn26, acorn32, cats, and shark) have been switched over as well."

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  1. Re:Question by kjs3 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nice troll. You know...all I ever hear is Stallman and associated syncophants telling people not to use *BSD because it's not "free", at least by their definition. Which is, of course, the only valid one. Hypocracy indeed.

  2. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have to point out X11 is pretty fundemental for most primarily GPL-based Linux distros too. Currently pure GPL or pure BSD licensed platforms aren't an option.

    One another note, TENDRA *may* present a valid alternative to GCC someday (which would be nice -- I don't care about the license, but diversity is good!). Sadly, I wouldn't advise anyone to hold their breath waiting.