Re: rebuild DragonFly using gcc 4.1

[arnuld <geek.arnuld@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On 5/5/07, arnuld <geek.arnuld@gmail.com> wrote:
> i wanted to have GCC 4.x based DragonFly system (for a C++ project)
> and "Trevor Kendall" advised this:
>
> ------------
> If you are using 1.8.x:
> In /etc/make.conf uncomment WANT_GCC41=yes and rebuild.
>
> If you are using HEAD, it is built automatically already.
>
> To use it set CCVER to gcc41.
> --------------
>
>
> but "Matt" said "please do NOT use HEAD". so i used "LATEST preview
> release" which was GCC 3.4 based. In "/etc/mk.conf" i added a line
> "WANT_GCC41=yes" but i do not know how to rebuild ? i  tried Google
> and got this:
>
> # make buildworld
> # make buildkernel
>
>
> when i try this i get this message: "do not know how to build world".
> funny message, i thought.  so i have these questions:
>
> 1.) Is it a good idea to use  DragonFly preview release as my
> general-purpose OS. actually, i want learn UNIX and i want GCC 4.x to
> work on a C++ project. i just use a Window Manager, xine-ui, firefox,
> emacs, bash, gimp, audacious or xmms and nothing else. i don't use
> Desktops.
>
> 2.) how to rebuild the preview release for gcc4.x and how long this
> process will be ?
>
> 3.) is it necessary to do this before rebuilding world:
>
> cvs -d anoncvs@anoncvs.us.netbsd.org:/cvsroot co pkgsrc
>
> even after 4 hours, it is still downloading packages :-(. is it
> downloading the source code of every package ?
>
> 4.) DragonFlyBSd guide also advises to use "cvs up" after step 3. what
> is it and how much time will that take ?
>
> 5.) can you please provide a list of commands for rebuilding with GCC
> 4.1  as i re-partitioned my disk and reinstalled Arch  GNU OS (a.k.a
> Linux) just to send this email. this i the only machine i have, my
> home PC.
>
> thanks in advance :-)


hmm.. this page gives lots of information tha i snot present in
"DragonFlyBSD handbook":

http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.cgi/QuickStartBSDUser




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