From efbe0a28a10643c03e847543dfadd7139b24955b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Carlier Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 07:52:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: documenting a bit more FreeBSD case FreeBSD provides more up to date compilers than the one provided by the system. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/30325 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau Reviewed-By: Jiawen Geng Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg Reviewed-By: James M Snell --- BUILDING.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index c61defcb2c7f31..b44604ecf07734 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below. | macOS | x64 | >= 10.11 | Tier 1 | | | SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | | | AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL02 | Tier 2 | | -| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 | +| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 [7](#fn7) | 1: GCC 6 is not provided on the base platform, users will need the @@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ are provided. However, tests in our infrastructure only run on WoW64. Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is currently considered Experimental and may not be possible. +7: The default FreeBSD 12.0 compiler is Clang 6.0.1, but +FreeBSD 12.1 upgrades to 8.0.1. Other Clang/LLVM versions are provided +via the system's package manager, including Clang 9.0. + ### Supported toolchains Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.