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Date:      Sat, 26 Nov 2016 08:56:38 +0100 (CET)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, koobs@FreeBSD.org,  Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org,  svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r427017 - head/net/ntp
Message-ID:  <alpine.LSU.2.20.1611252118260.2407@anthias.pfeifer.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161124153639.GA24019@lonesome.com>
References:  <koobs@FreeBSD.org> <c8fdca95-4a35-57bb-819d-2545f78f11a9@FreeBSD.org> <201611241516.uAOFGFpJ073687@slippy.cwsent.com> <20161124153639.GA24019@lonesome.com>

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On Thu, 24 Nov 2016, Mark Linimon wrote:
>> I'll take a look at it further when I get home. I have a hunch that 
>> USE_GCC=4.8 or 4.9 will likely fix it.
> fwiw, as of a few days ago, "USE_GCC=yes" is equivalent to "USE_GCC=4.9".

Actually, USE_GCC=4.9+ (i.e., GCC 4.9 or later).

And indeed, the use of version numbers should be minimized (so "yes"
is better than "4.9+").  

And the "or later" variant is preferred over requiring an exact version 
(so "4.9+" is better than "4.9").


USE_GCC=yes > USE_GCC=4.9+ > USE_GCC=4.9, where ">" is "preferred".

Gerald



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