Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:00:33 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Compiling ports in a post-9.0-RELEASE world Message-ID: <4D7BED01.6000506@FreeBSD.org>
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Howdy, As many of you are no doubt already aware, much work has been undertaken to make clang the default compiler for the src tree starting with 9.0-RELEASE. It is not 100% certain that this change will be made, but it's looking more likely every day. This raises an interesting question for how to deal with compiling ports after 9.0 is released. So far there are 2 main ideas for how to deal with this: 1. Fix all ports to compile with both gcc 4.2 (for RELENG_[78]) and clang. 2. Adopt an official "ports compiler," which would likely be one of the gcc versions from the ports tree itself, and update all ports to work with it. Both options have pros and cons, but rather than front-load the conversation about them I'd like to throw open the topic for discussion and see what people think about these options, and whether someone has a better idea. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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