>netbsd ships with gcc 2.45. old, reliable, tried and true. unfortunately,
>a few important things ( like octave for example ) want templates and
>other things. Has anybody done a binary dist of a more recent gcc?

GCC 2.7.2 has been in current for some time now, and will be in 1.2
when it finally ships, whenever that is...

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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    NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...

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