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Date:      Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:17:53 +0100
From:      Torsten Zuehlsdorff <freebsd@toco-domains.de>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r521584 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <837eebf0-4d04-53cf-0fec-225b9dd5125c@toco-domains.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.21.1912311853470.13725@anthias.pfeifer.com>
References:  <201912310306.xBV36oQM081788@repo.freebsd.org> <5eadceb4-790d-21c3-e5db-cd5a27d8e5f4@toco-domains.de> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1912311853470.13725@anthias.pfeifer.com>

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On 31.12.19 09:58, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote:
>>> -#   USE_GCC=	7+			# port requires GCC 7 or later.
>>> -#   USE_GCC=	6			# port requires GCC 6.
>> You remove the USE_GCC= 7+ comment here, while 7 is still used later. Is
>> this intended?
> 
> The idea was not to remove that example altogether, but update it 
> to use a newer version.
> 
> A simplified version of the commit looks as follows:
> 
>   -#   USE_GCC=   7+                      # port requires GCC 7 or later.
>   +#   USE_GCC=   9+                      # port requires GCC 9 or later.
> 
> The other example that referred to GCC 6 was mandatory to update since
> USE_GCC=6 is not supported any more; version 7 I could have left in, but 
> figured pointing people to something newer would be better.  
> 
> In general the USE_GCC=X+ is mostly used for ports newer than the current
> default.  Just with GCC_DEFAULT at 9, which is the newest release available,
> that was the highest choice available - until GCC 10 becomes available in
> spring. ;-)
> 
> Would you prefer different examples in Mk/bsd.gcc.mk?

Thank you for your explanation Gerald. With this insight your diff looks
fine and i do not think a different example is needed. :)

Greetings,
Torsten



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