DragonFlyBSD Finally Defaulting To GCC 8 Compiler, Replacing The Old GCC 5

[phoronix]

Phoronix: DragonFlyBSD Finally Defaulting To GCC 8 Compiler, Replacing The Old GCC 5

With the last of the major GCC 8 build issues of the DragonFlyBSD code-base resolved, this BSD operating system has switched to using this latest stable release of the GNU Compiler Collection by default...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DragonFly-GCC8-Default

[moonkrj]

Hello

With this move to GCC 8 there come numerous enhancements, especially for AMD CPU microarchitectures and more up to date Intel versions. It is indeed a major switch for DragonFlyBSD since until today, its default compiler was utilizing the multi year old GCC 5. There is likewise bolster for more current C/C++ highlights and numerous different upgrades as we've secured in the course of recent years.

DiscoverBSD Contributor

[moonkrj]

Hello

With this move to GCC 8 there come numerous enhancements, especially for AMD CPU microarchitectures and more up to date Intel versions. It is indeed a major switch for DragonFlyBSD since until today, its default compiler was utilizing the multi year old GCC 5. There is likewise bolster for more current C/C++ highlights and numerous different upgrades as we've secured in the course of recent years.

DiscoverBSD Contributor domyhomework

Should I set WORLD_ALTCOMPILER? It's not build by default, right? Looking for the zip file.

[alicia1lane]

Should I set WORLD_ALTCOMPILER? It's not build by default, right? Looking for the zip file.

You are absolutely right! You should set it manually as there is no default feature. Also, I don't know where to get zip file.

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