svn commit: r427017 - head/net/ntp

Gerald Pfeifer gerald at pfeifer.com
Sat Nov 26 07:56:42 UTC 2016


On Thu, 24 Nov 2016, Mark Linimon wrote:
>> I'll take a look at it further when I get home. I have a hunch that 
>> USE_GCC=4.8 or 4.9 will likely fix it.
> fwiw, as of a few days ago, "USE_GCC=yes" is equivalent to "USE_GCC=4.9".

Actually, USE_GCC=4.9+ (i.e., GCC 4.9 or later).

And indeed, the use of version numbers should be minimized (so "yes"
is better than "4.9+").  

And the "or later" variant is preferred over requiring an exact version 
(so "4.9+" is better than "4.9").


USE_GCC=yes > USE_GCC=4.9+ > USE_GCC=4.9, where ">" is "preferred".

Gerald


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