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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:35:54 -0800
From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] lang/gcc -- Fix build on freebsd-current
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:15:06PM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 06:09:08PM -0800, Xin LI wrote:
> > Actually you can add a dot (.) to these matches, e.g. freebsd[123]* ->
> > freebsd[123].*, etc...  Have you contacted the maintainer
> > (gerald@FreeBSD.org) by the way?
> 
> My guess?  We should rip out the [123] and [23] strings entirely.  If
> anyone is running ports on FreeBSD 1, they have more problems than they
> can count right now.
> 
> I can personally guarantee that ports don't work on 4.x (I ripped out
> the compat code several years ago that dealt with gross old make(1)
> bugs, etc.) and I think that means not 3.x either.  In any case, the
> official claim is that the Ports Collection only supports 789 as first-
> class citizens right now, not anything older.
> 

gerald@ has indicated that he'll do something with the official
GCC way to deal with 1. versus 10.  This patch is a stop gap for
others, who like me, will run into a broken lang/gcc while we
wait for a better solution.

-- 
Steve