[ I found this in my outgoing folder; ahem. ] On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, Mark Linimon wrote: > As of the following commit, lang/gcc6 is no longer supported: > > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk?revision=521584
GCC 6 hasn't been supported upstream for over a year (end of life) and is not covered by Mk/bsd.gcc.mk (aka USE_GCC) any longer. The port is still in our tree for the time being, though I marked it for expiration end of February - which gives an extra day this year. ;-) > I would like to, if possible, eliminate gcc6, as it merely adds > build time on the package builders. Is this a concern for all architectures, or mostly non-x86? We can always restrict ONLY_FOR_ARCHS further for such ports if those focusing on those architectures are in favor. [ Editorial note: In the meantime I made such a change for lang/gcc48. ] > There is a variant of lang/gcc6 called lang/gcc6-aux, which is now only > required for the Ada-related ports, including ports-mgmt/synth. fwiw, > that port is only available for aarch64/amd64/i386. > > Is anyone willing to take on the work to upgrade our Ada support to > some later compiler, so that we can delete lang/gcc6-aux as well? lang/gcc6-aux/files carries a lot of patches (2500+ lines) that I don't believe should be FreeBSD-local, but upstreamable/upstreamed. Also there are some small local patches, some backports, in lang/gcc7 and later especially, that really matter. Any FreeBSD port around GCC probably would want to use those - which is not the case right now. Gerald _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
