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Old 14th April 2011
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Originally Posted by backrow View Post
There is some C++ in Xenocara, notably Mesa. So either it will have to be rewritten or disabled, or gcc will be kept around to deal with it.
PCC is intended to be a system compiler. One could argue that Mesa and Xenocara are not part of the core system but provided as a convenience to users. Compiling Xenocara is usually never needed. If you need to compile Xenorara GCC could be pulled as a dependence just like it is going to be pulled for many ports. There are even ports like MPlayer that explicitly require GCC and can not be compiled with any other open or close source compilers.
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