Re: heads up: netbsd and building with lang/gcc* packages

["J. Lewis Muir" <jlmuir%imca-cat.org@localhost>]

On 07/09, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> Hi pkgsrc-users who are netbsd users who have chosen to build things
> with lang/gcc* packages.
> 
> I've changed the lang/gcc{48,49,5,6,7} packages to create libstdc++.so.7
> rather than libstdc++.so.6. this means a binary built with that compiler
> may fail with 'missing library libstdc++.so.6'.
> 
> I've done this because the libstdc++ that comes with netbsd is called
> libstdc++.so.7, and before, both libraries would be used. libraries
> aren't built to support this usage, but I've not heard of suspicious
> failures.

I'm probably missing something basic, but what prevents you from running
into the same problem with a future release of NetBSD (e.g., a future
NetBSD that includes libstdc++.so.8)?

Thanks!

Lewis