Hi there,
I have NetBSD current installed on my mac mini g4, system gcc is 7 point something as you know. I was going to try compiling the arctic fox browser from their git repository, which apparently builds on Linux ppc32 but only with GCC versions below 7, albeit v slowly.
I can get GCC 6 as a package still from one of the older releases, or perhaps if that's wrong, build it myself with pkgsrc.
I've installed the older GCC 6 package via ftp with the pkg_add command, and it goes into the /usr/pkg/ directory under it's own directory. As per this guide here:
https://wiki.netbsd.org/pkgsrc/gcc/
Being inexperienced with NetBSD, if I want to experiment with building software outside the pkgsrc system, such as with this arctic fox attempt, how do I make sure the build will use the version of GCC I want? i.e. I can set the gcc version in a ".mozconfig" file, but will the build know where to find it in NetBSD?
I'm sure this is pretty obvious to people with more experience than me.
Kevin.