From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Dec 12 18:40:18 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BECE1318B5B for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0025E72564 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id B5FAD1318B57; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A32851318B56 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.21]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "troutmask", Issuer "troutmask" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 322B672560 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id wBCIe9L1002103 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:40:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id wBCIe9Q7002102; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:40:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:40:09 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Kevin Oberman Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" , Gerald Pfeifer Subject: Re: Massive PORTREVSION bump for gcc8 Message-ID: <20181212184009.GB1748@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Reply-To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 322B672560 X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.966,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:18 -0000 On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:29:59AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > This morning the PORTREVISION on at least hundreds of ports was bumped > because gcc8 was declared as the "canonical" version. As a result, I will > have about 300 ports to rebuild which will take many hours. > Why? > > If a port is built and running properly with gcc7, I see no reason to force > the rebuild of all of the ports that are built with gcc7. This will lead to > a delay of probably several days in getting updated packages built for > LATEST repos and will consume hours of CPU time for everyone using > poudriere or building from ports. This even impacts (slightly) climate > change with the extra energy used in rebuilding all of those ports across > the globe. > > Perhaps there was a real reason this was required. I have certainly never > seen it before for any new compiler version to either gcc or llvm. Does adding DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=GCC=7 to /etc/make.conf prevent the need to update 300 ports. -- Steve