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Date:      Mon, 9 Nov 2015 13:00:52 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        John Marino <marino@freebsd.org>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>, Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r388648 - in head/net: asterisk11 asterisk13
Message-ID:  <20151109130052.GA95999@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511091339330.2548@anthias>
References:  <201506052330.t55NUBZL020965@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511082001320.2548@anthias> <564044BC.5050203@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511091255000.2548@anthias> <56408CCC.20302@marino.st> <56408FE3.9040105@marino.st> <alpine.LSU.2.20.1511091339330.2548@anthias>

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On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 01:45:37PM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, John Marino wrote:
> > "current GCC" is a bit confusing to me.  Do you mean "Ports GCC"?  
> > Or "appropriate GCC" ?  I think the wording would confuse users too.

+1; "current GCC" is a bit vague; certainly seasoned ports hackers would
know what it means, but for user Joe it might not be immediately clear
when this message pops up in dialog(1) without ^C'ing and reading the
Makefile.

> I guess the full version would be "Use GCC, just not the crappy old
> version in base of older versions of FreeBSD" (except for lang/gambit-c
> and cad/ghdl).
> 
> Perhaps
> 
>   GCC_DESC?=	Use GCC (from ports)

I'd vote for "Use modern GCC (from ports)" or "Build with modern GCC".

./danfe



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