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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2017 10:48:58 -0700
From:      Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>
To:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org,  svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r418678 - in head/devel/elfutils: . files
Message-ID:  <CAG6CVpWvx_5OZ-0AZLSrj5fBeEbD7WpeDqs7rtJ6Ho7bu=kfYw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.21.1704011752360.3249@anthias.pfeifer.com>
References:  <201607172059.u6HKx0MN085855@repo.freebsd.org> <alpine.LNX.2.21.1704011752360.3249@anthias.pfeifer.com>

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On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> wrote:
> 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.)

Hi Gerald,

I don't recall the reason anymore.  :-)

As long as it continues to build, the proposed change is fine with me.

Thanks,
Conrad



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