svn commit: r504198 - head/Mk

[Cy Schubert]

In message <alpine.LSU.2.21.1906141932170.3441 at anthias.pfeifer.com>, 
Gerald Pfe
ifer writes:
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > Does anything still depend on gcc49, 5 or 6 anymore?
>
> Yes and no.  lang/gcc49 was pruned end of April, but lang/gcc48, 
> which is even older, is still in use by two ports, though at least 
> one is being worked on.
>
> I actually have a script running twice a week which checks such 
> dependencies.  Here is its relevant output:
>
>   2 refer to GCC 4.8.
>   sysutils/memtest86+/Makefile:USE_GCC=	4.8

This will require a bit of effort.

>   sysutils/uefi-edk2-bhyve/Makefile:USE_GCC=	4.8
>
>   0 refer to GCC 5.
>
>   1 refer to GCC 6.
>   print/pdftk/Makefile:USE_GCC=	6	
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > IDK, but I'm very grateful to Gerald for that he does not prune those 
> > actual ports from the tree.  I'm still happily using GCC 4.8/5 as my 
> > default USE_GCC ports since they works just fine.
>
> You're welcome, Alexey.  Though the problem is users (!= danfe)
> who sometimes use those older versions and then report all sorts
> of interesting challenges. 

Indeed.


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