Subject: Re: GCC3.3.1 switch coming soon.
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 09/02/2003 07:34:05
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 02:30  AM, matthew green wrote:

> i'm ready to switch sparc, sparc64, i386 & alpha ports to using  
> GCC3.3.1
> by default.  i've uploaded 4 snapshots (one per port ;-), all cross
> compiled from i386-netbsd.  you can find them under
> ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/arch/<arch>/snapshot/snapshot-20030828- 
> GCC3.1.1

Please note that GCC 3.3.1 creates debug info (DWARF2) that our current  
5.0-based GDB cannot understand.  Therefore, we need to either tweak  
GCC 3.3.1 to use DBX debug or throw the switch on GDB for those ports,  
as well.

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