[Bug 254253] Update USE_GCC description in the Porters Handbook

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            Bug ID: 254253
           Summary: Update USE_GCC description in the Porters Handbook
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: gerald at FreeBSD.org

In the context of PR 234495 USE_GCC was described in the Porters Handbook,
including a note that it's a build *and* run-time dependency.


*) Since then I have implemented USE_GCC=yes:build, USE_GCC=10+:build, and
the like, which are worth mentioning.

*) And recommending USE_GCC=any as "typical" really is the opposite of what
I, and Mk/bsd.gcc.mk, have been recommending for years and years!

USE_GCC=any means that the port hardly ever is tested with base GCC, since
on amd64 it is equivalent to USE_GCC=yes and building with  base GCC (if
present) is only ever tested on architectures that only very few people have.


Can you please change this to presenting USE_GCC=yes as the default and
noting the ":build" option?

I put effort into keeping Mk/bsd.gcc.mk up-to-date, and would be happy
for you to lift the description there and bring things more in sync again.

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