compiler:c++11-lang doesn't ensure c++11?

[Michael Gmelin]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 09:44:12 -0700
Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:

> On the project that requires c++11, USES=compiler:c++11-lang (also 
> compiler:c++11-lib) doesn't make the base c++ compiler (clang-3.8.0)
> to support c++11. Explicitly adding -std=c++11 to CXXFLAGS does make
> it c++11.
> 
> 
> Is this a bug in Uses/compiler.mk that it fails to set the -std=c++11 
> flag for the compiler that doesn't support c++11?
> 
> 

Afaik this is intentional and the point is to depend on a compiler that
can support those features (hence the comments in compiler.mk: "The port
needs a compiler understanding Cxx..."), but setting CXXFLAGS
accordingly is up to the project (through cmake/configure etc.) or the
port.

-m

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Michael Gmelin