svn commit: r504198 - head/Mk

[Piotr Kubaj]

In my opinion, there are not many ports that have USE_GCC=any specified.

Most ports just need USES=compiler:*.

On 19-06-15 10:35:56, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, Mark Linimon wrote:
>> I'm not aware of the powerpc dependencies.  Do you have a list?
>> We are actively working on ports on powerpc (especially powerpc64).
>
>This reminds me: Should we merge USE_GCC=any into USE_GCC=yes again?
>
>I understand why you created USE_GCC=any back in the days, and it has
>served a useful purpose.
>
>These days it only makes a difference on powerpc64 (and sparc64) since
>everywhere else USE_GCC=any already is the same as USE_GCC=yes.  Which
>means essentially everyone tests their ports with GCC 8, even in case
>of USE_GCC=any.  And essentially nobody tests with GCC 4.2, so things
>tend to get missed or broken on powerpc64.
>
>Everyone using the same version of GCC, across platforms, would
>alleviate that.
>
>Gerald
>
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