Massive PORTS_REVISION bump after making gcc-9.1 default
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Sun Jul 28 18:04:16 UTC 2019
Stefan Esser writes:
> Am 28.07.19 um 01:26 schrieb Kevin Oberman:
> > 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.
>
> Which port management tool did you use to rebuild the updated ports?
>
> I just checked what portmaster does, and it appears to build gcc-9.1
> before starting to update ports that depend on it.
This matches my experience - ports tree updated starting 00:00:01
Saturday, build started eight hours later.
Respectfully,
Robert Huff
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