Subject: Re: GCC Question
To: None <jsflowers@mac.com>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/02/2002 09:53:46
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:40:41PM -0400, jsflowers@mail.mac.com wrote:
  | I have noticed that GCC 2.91.66 is included with NetBSD 1.5.2. I
  | checked the packages and found GCC version 2.95.3.
  | 
  | Can I not install the development package during NetBSD installation
  | and then just install the newer version of GCC, or would I still need
  | the development packages as well?

It is usually sensible to keep /usr/bin/cc (et al) as the NetBSD
system compiler.  If you need a newer compiler to install some
packages, install the appropriate compiler package (which ends up
in /usr/pkg/bin)

Luke.