Re: gcc version selection

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

* On 2014-10-03 at 12:14 BST, Patrick Welche wrote:

> I'm still confused by gcc version selection - how is it meant to work?
> 
> On NetBSD 5/i386 (i.e., a system with gcc 4.1.3):
> 
> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/openexr
> # make show-var VARNAME=GCC_REQD
> 4.3 2.8.0
> # make show-depends
> {gcc49,gcc49-libs}>=4.9:../../lang/gcc49-libs
> ilmbase>=2.2.0nb1:../../graphics/ilmbase
> #
> 
> So, how did we get from 4.3 to 4.9?

Likely because pkgsrc has no GCC 4.3, and the current logic is that if
none of the patterns match we use the latest, i.e. 4.9.

Yes, we should probably fix this.

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