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doc: documenting a bit more FreeBSD case
FreeBSD provides more up to date compilers than the one provided by the system. PR-URL: #30325 Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Jiawen Geng <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rod Vagg <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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| macOS | x64 | >= 10.11 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL02 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 <sup>[7](#fn7)</sup> |
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<em id="fn1">1</em>: GCC 6 is not provided on the base platform, users will
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Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is currently considered Experimental and
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<em id="fn7">7</em>: The default FreeBSD 12.0 compiler is Clang 6.0.1, but
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FreeBSD 12.1 upgrades to 8.0.1. Other Clang/LLVM versions are provided
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via the system's package manager, including Clang 9.0.
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### Supported toolchains
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Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.

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