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Date:      Sat, 6 Jul 2019 03:38:05 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl>, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, "Jason W. Bacon" <jwb@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USE_GCC=any -> USE_GCC=yes (was: svn commit: r504198 - head/Mk)
Message-ID:  <20190706033805.GA73838@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.21.1907052115450.4639@anthias.pfeifer.com>
References:  <8BDC3B40-7FEA-46EA-AE7C-A3C266F6978F@cschubert.com> <20190614175822.GA3336@FreeBSD.org> <20190615061345.GA20346@lonesome.com> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1906151028570.3441@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20190615084354.GA33091@ThinkPad-X200.g.anongoth.pl> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1906151058350.3441@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20190704203112.GA6138@lonesome.com> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1907042302300.4639@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20190705161041.GA84307@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1907052115450.4639@anthias.pfeifer.com>

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On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 09:18:57PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jul 2019, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > I'd have to agree with Mark here: the literal reading of "any" means
> > "it's OK to use base GCC" if it's available.  While I understand that
> > it's aged and on x86 it's the same as USE_GCC=yes, it's still a bad
> > idea to change the meaning of words.
> 
> That's not the proposal.  The proposal is s/USE_GCC=any/USE_GCC=yes/.

Ah, OK, sorry I've misunderstood.  I think I see your point now.  Since
I like antique compilers, and since many software, when being properly
written, can be built just fine with GCC 4.2, I won't be a huge supporter
of this proposal, but OTOH this situation probably won't last long, so
I won't profoundly object either.

./danfe



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