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On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Mark Linimon wrote:
> FYI, I would like your approval on these (just the commit of BROKEN; I
> do not expect you to try to fix them).
>
> gerald@FreeBSD.org    lang/gcc42

For lang/gcc42 I just added arm to NOT_FOR_ARCHS.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:
> NOT and ONLY are meant for ports which by definition will never work
> another arch (think x86info).  In this case the ports are just broken.

I think in case of an old version of some software NOT_FOR_ARCHS
can also be valid, especially if the problem goes deeper (and it
has been addressed in a newer version/newer port that is available).

Gerald