Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:23:53 +1100 From: Kubilay Kocak <koobs@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using gcc as a build dependency only Message-ID: <ba690d5f-d05e-65ac-de29-4955356dbc7a@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20201110205509.0dfabcf7@raksha.tavi.co.uk> References: <20201110205509.0dfabcf7@raksha.tavi.co.uk>
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On 11/11/2020 7:55 am, Bob Eager wrote: > I have a port that, for reasons I won't go into, I build with gcc. > > It all works fine with USE_GCC= yes - no problem. > > The issue is that it's a build dependency and a run dependency. So > anyone wanting to use it has to install gcc, and is discouraged because > (a) it's big and (b) it drags in other stuff. > > Presumably this is because it needs the gcc runtime, but I'm not sure. > And I can't see a runtime package that parallels the compiler. > > Can anyone comment on this? And please don't say 'convert to clang' > because that isn't possible, at least not yet. This is being tracked in: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211154
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