Massive PORTS_REVISION bump after making gcc-9.1 default

[starikarp at dismail.de]

On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 16:26:51 -0700
Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Today I was hit with 226 ports needing update. With one exception,
> all were the result of the bump or the default gcc version to 9.1.
> The problem is that 9.1 was not installed first, so over 43 of these
> ports were rebuilt with the exact same compiler it was built with
> before the rebuild, eating up 2:45 of time on my build system. I'm
> sure if was less for many as my build system is over 8 years old. It
> was non-trivial in any case.
> 
> Should an install of gcc9 preceded all updates? Perhaps a note in
> UPDATING? I certainly looked there before I started when I saw 226
> ports in the list.
> 
> Should I rebuild the ports that were rebuilt prior to the
> installation of gcc-9.1?
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I had the same problem and some ports I rebuilt again. They should put
something in /usr/ports/UPDATING.

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