Subject: Re: your mail
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/05/2002 20:31:49
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 02:49:12PM +1100, port-alpha@netbsd.org wrote:

 > What I meant to say was that gcc needs the glibc to compile.. well that's
 > what my boss says, and he's the one who's doing the hard work, I just lent
 > him my machine :)

gcc does not need glibc to compile.

 > I installed the comp.tgz package. I installed all packages. The cc supplied
 > is egcs not gcc. According to gcc -v.

egcs is gcc.  In this case, gcc 2.8.

 > Ok so how do I go about getting the current dist? I assume that gcc2.95.x
 > isn't in 1.5.2. Can I 'upgrade' with my live 1.5 system??

I'm working on building a -current snapshot.  I'll post here on port-alpha
when it's ready.

 > My boss overwrote the NetBSD make with gnumake and now the packages won't
 > make. It whinges about something, (has to do with the .include at the bottom
 > of the make file) so I'll re-install the comp.tgz package before I try
 > anything.

You should not install gnumake as /usr/bin/make.  Install the "gmake"
package, and use /usr/pkg/bin/gmake.

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>