Re: CVS commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/groff

[Tom Spindler <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 08:20:45PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:18:09PM +0400, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
>  > Linking against libstdc++ wastes space and time at runtime.
>  >
>  > [...]
>  >
>  > I guess you are working on clang support, so leaking libsupc++ into
>  > the build gets in your way.  Please, instead of always linking
>  > libstdc++ make it possible for a c++ program to express "i don't need
>  > libstdc++" in a clean way.
> 
> That's a fine idea, but, really, if you're concerned about space and
> time at runtime, don't use C++ at all.

Wasn't the mdocml(?) package suppossed to eliminate the need for
groff in tools/ and/or in base?