using single gcc compiler

Mark Felder feld at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jun 2 12:52:26 UTC 2014


On 2014-06-02 07:05, M&S - Krasznai András wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 
> I use freebsd-10 as desktop .
> 
> Compiling the system takes ages, and rather long time is spent in
> compiling different gcc compiler versions for various ports,
> e.g.
> - gcc-4.7.3- required by avidemux;
> - gcc-4.6.4_1,1: required by opera,operaplugins, gcc, gcc4.8
> - gcc 4.8.4_xxx: required by rawtherapee
> 
> 
> Is there a way to specify that I want to use gcc 4.8.4 for all
> compilations which do not use clang?
> 

Some ports only work with specific versions of GCC. If you believe a 
specific port should be able to use GCC 4.8.4 I would recommend testing 
it and filing a PR so the port maintainer can confirm and update the 
port.


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