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Is freeBSD better on this front?

• andrers 11y ago
  Not really. I thought of installing gcc 5.1 through its binary package and it tried to install gcc-ecj 4.5 along with it. I ended up installing it through the ports system, disabling Java support. Its ports are where FreeBSD really shines. They're something in between Arch's ABS and Gentoo's portage. I just wish there was someway to say "install binutils via pkg, and only compile gcc itself".
  • floatboth 11y ago
    pkg install binutils && make -C/usr/ports/lang/gcc install clean :-) You can also `make package` to, well, make your own binary package (it will be in /usr/ports/lang/gcc/work/pkg) to distribute to other machines. Or use poudriere to setup a proper package build server.