ports-mgmt/pkg does not build

[Ronald Klop]

On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:21:55 +0100, Ian Lepore <ian at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-12-23 at 23:01 +0100, Ronald Klop wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I upgraded my Sheevaplug from CURRENT r285336 (Jul 10) to r292343
>> (Dec
>> 16). This went from clang 3.6.1 to 3.7.0.
>> This runs, but  building potrs-mgmt/pkg does not work.
>> The error of clang is:
>> error: no handler registered for module format 'raw'
>> fatal error: error in backend: unknown module format
>>
>> See http://www.klop.ws/config.log for more information.
>>
>> What could be the cause of this? Or what information can I provide to
>> help?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ronald.
>
> This isn't a problem with ports, it's a problem with clang 3.7 -- it
> just doesn't work on armv4/5.  It works to crossbuild from amd64, but
> when run native on arm it fails.  It's a known problem that nobody is
> working on, because the old arm stuff just doesn't get any love
> anymore.  When I needed to do a bit of testing on dreamplug recently I
> just switched to the old gcc compiler.
>
> -- Ian
>

Mmm, I already had the feeling the CURRENT love of armv4/5 was declining.  
What is advisable nowadays?
Run 10-STABLE on my Sheevaplug until it is EOL and then switch to Debian  
if clang did not fix anything?

Regards,
Ronald.