Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ?
A number of people have pointed out to me that egcs-1.1.2 is weak on C++ support. Rather than clutter up the list by replying to all of them, I've picked this one to say "Thank you" to everyone who responded. I'm not a C++ programmer, so I tend to forget about it and think of gcc as just a C compiler. Now this discussion makes more sense to me.
I agree that if there is going to be a separate compiler for the kernel, the Makefiles should be flexible enough to allow the user to plug in whatever compiler he or she prefers to use.
Wayne
"J . A . Magallon" <[email protected]> on 11/02/2000 06:40:58 AM
To: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Where did kgcc go in 2.4.0-test10 ?
Quoted 6 lines · On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 06:46:04 [email protected] wrote:
I've been following this kgcc discussion with interest for weeks now and there's
one thing that still puzzles me. Everyone on both sides of the issue seems to be saying that kgcc (AKA egcs 1.1.2) is used because the gcc versions shipped
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wrong assumption. The idea is if I need a way to set a compiler for kernel that is not the same compiler as the system wide one. Should kernel Makefiles use gcc (hardcoded) (and people must have a 'gcc' that works for kernel), or let kernel use something called 'kgcc', and let user decide if in his machine kgcc is 2.7, egcs or 2.95.2.
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several vendors don't compile the kernel correctly. What I haven't seen yet is
an explanation of why kgcc can't be used for compiling *everything* and why another compiler even needs to be installed.
Because gcc is not only the C compiler, is the full compiler system. The support for C++ in 2.95 has nothing to do with egcs. And 2.95 supports java, for example.
And the libraries. The C++ standard library is much better in 2.95 that in egcs.
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