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

[Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <rmind%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Tom Spindler <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost> wrote:
> 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?

Preferably, the elimination of need for C++ compiler in tools as well.

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Mindaugas