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Date:      Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:14:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@anongoth.pl>
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>,  Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>,  "Jason W. Bacon" <jwb@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org,  svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r504198 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <alpine.LSU.2.21.1906151058350.3441@anthias.pfeifer.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190615084354.GA33091@ThinkPad-X200.g.anongoth.pl>
References:  <201906141610.x5EGAdnN049103@repo.freebsd.org> <F69E23F2-E526-4B3F-95EB-1786222C2D61@cschubert.com> <20190614165425.GA42674@FreeBSD.org> <8BDC3B40-7FEA-46EA-AE7C-A3C266F6978F@cschubert.com> <20190614175822.GA3336@FreeBSD.org> <20190615061345.GA20346@lonesome.com> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1906151028570.3441@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20190615084354.GA33091@ThinkPad-X200.g.anongoth.pl>

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On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, Piotr Kubaj wrote:
> In my opinion, there are not many ports that have USE_GCC=any specified.

True, it's only 58 for USE_GCC=any versus 112 for USE_GCC=yes.

Still 58 ports that won't be tested with the compiler they are
(trying to be) built with on powerpc64.

> Most ports just need USES=compiler:*.

Yes, and that's where we should take action as well.

For example, Mk/Uses/compiler.mk has

  .if ${_COMPILER_ARGS:Mopenmp}
  .if ${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang
  USE_GCC=        yes
  CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE=   gcc
  .endif
  .endif

which means that anyone asking for compiler:openmp gets GCC 4.2,
unless I'm missing something.

Calling that a disservice is a euphemism.

Plus r504153 that jwb@ had to make to biology/ncbi-blast+ as a follow-up 
to his recent update is a perfect example of the disservice that using GCC 
4.2 by default on powerpc64 provides to its users:

  # Force newer GCC on platforms using GCC 4.2 as base
  .if ${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE} == gcc
  USE_GCC=       yes
  .endif

This confirms my point that USE_GCC=any or what is practically
equivalent in compiler.mk should be converted to USE_GCC=yes.

Better for our users, better for our maintainers, and more
consistency across platforms.

Gerald



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