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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 2013 20:29:52 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r333442 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <201311102029.rAAKTqTl025118@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gerald
Date: Sun Nov 10 20:29:52 2013
New Revision: 333442
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/333442

Log:
  Document USE_GCC=any.  Reformat the description a bit and use newer
  versions of GCC for reference.

Modified:
  head/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk

Modified: head/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk
==============================================================================
--- head/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk	Sun Nov 10 20:27:06 2013	(r333441)
+++ head/Mk/bsd.gcc.mk	Sun Nov 10 20:29:52 2013	(r333442)
@@ -7,20 +7,26 @@
 #
 # To request the use of a current version of GCC, specify USE_GCC=yes in
 # your port/system configuration.  This is the preferred use of USE_GCC.
-# It defines a canonical, default version of GCC; the same version of
+# It defines a canonical, default version of GCC.  The same version of
 # GCC is also implied by USE_FORTRAN=yes.
+#
+# USE_GCC=any is similar, except that it also accepts the old GCC 4.2-
+# based system compiler in older versions of FreeBSD.
 # 
 # If your port needs a specific (minimum) version of GCC, you can easily
 # specify that with a USE_GCC= statement.  Unless absolutely necessary
 # do so by specifying USE_GCC=X.Y+ which requests at least GCC version
-# X.Y.  To request a specific version omit the trailing + sign.  Use of
-# a Fortran compiler is declared by the USE_FORTRAN knob, not USE_GCC.
+# X.Y.  To request a specific version omit the trailing + sign.
+#
+# Use of a Fortran compiler is declared by the USE_FORTRAN knob, not
+# USE_GCC.
 #
 # Examples:
 #   USE_GCC=	yes			# port requires a current version of GCC
 #							# (4.6 as of today, subject to change).
-#   USE_GCC=	4.2+		# port requires GCC 4.2 or later.
-#   USE_GCC=	4.7			# port requires GCC 4.7.
+#   USE_GCC=	any			# port requires GCC 4.2 or later.
+#   USE_GCC=	4.8+		# port requires GCC 4.8 or later.
+#   USE_GCC=	4.8			# port requires GCC 4.8.
 #
 # If your port needs a Fortran compiler, please specify that with the
 # USE_FORTRAN= knob.  Here is the list of options for that knob:



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