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Subject: Best autoconf recipe to use for modern FreeBSD
From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>
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Some application software I use seems to prefer ancient gcc release or
gcc46 from ports rather than clang.

Is there a recommended autoconf recipe for third party software to use the
right compilers across FreeBSD versions?

          - Murray