Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 01:35:30 +0200 From: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> To: Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl> Cc: Jan Lentfer <jan@localhost.homeip.net>, freebsd-alpha <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: List of ports that can be compiled with compaq-cc Message-ID: <3D2238C2.1060708@web.de> References: <3D21F1C8.2010708@web.de> <15650.6127.427432.57976@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3D22188C.2000603@web.de> <3D222E25.62D5E4D0@mindspring.com> <3D222EF3.8070700@web.de> <20020702233243.GC52340@dragon.stack.nl>
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Dean Strik schrieb:
>Jan Lentfer wrote:
>
>
>>Terry Lambert schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>Modify the ports.mk so that it will check a flag, and, if it is
>>>present and the compiler is present, have it "prefer" the Compaq
>>>compiler. Then for those ports where it works, just set the flag
>>>in their Makefile.
>>>
>>>Allow this behaviour to be globally overridden via make.conf.
>>>
>>>
>>But before we could do this we would need a list of "known-to-work" ports.
>>
>>
>
>What's the added value of that? I'd rather see the changes to the mk
>file and have the flag set for ports that work, than first compiling a
>long list before ever setting any flag. That's just buffering :-)
>
>
OK, of course that could be working hand in hand - but before you sumbit
it to be added to ports you should make clear it really works... on
different CPUs etc...
Jan
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Dean Strik schrieb:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Jan Lentfer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Terry Lambert schrieb:
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<pre wrap="">Modify the ports.mk so that it will check a flag, and, if it is
present and the compiler is present, have it "prefer" the Compaq
compiler. Then for those ports where it works, just set the flag
in their Makefile.
Allow this behaviour to be globally overridden via make.conf.
</pre>
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<pre wrap="">But before we could do this we would need a list of "known-to-work" ports.
</pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->
What's the added value of that? I'd rather see the changes to the mk
file and have the flag set for ports that work, than first compiling a
long list before ever setting any flag. That's just buffering :-)
</pre>
</blockquote>
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OK, of course that could be working hand in hand - but before you sumbit
it to be added to ports you should make clear it really works... on different
CPUs etc...<br>
<br>
Jan<br>
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