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From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016, Conrad E. Meyer wrote:
> Author: cem (src committer)
> Date: Sun Jul 17 20:59:00 2016
> New Revision: 418678
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/418678
> 
> Log:
>   elfutils-0.163_6
>   
>   - Drop GCC requirement to 4.8

Why did you make this change?

In general we really prefer USE_GCC=yes, i.e., using the default
version of GCC in the Ports Collection over specific versions.

My recommendation is to go for that (USE_GCC=yes).  (If that's
okay for you I can also make this change, just let me know.)

Gerald