Re: pkgsrc frozen for 2017Q2

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:51:08PM -0500, Jason Bacon wrote:
> pkgsrc *does* set -std=c++11 for packages with USE_LANGUAGES=c++ if a
> dependent package contains USE_LANGUAGES=c++11.

See GCC 5+ brain damage. Unless it is explicitly build to always use the
new ABI by default, it tries to be "compatible" based on the language
setting. It's a horrible, horrible mess.

> And get ready, soon we'll have to handle flang, too...

Flang like Clang can at least coexist with the most important GCC libs.
E.g. it doesn't want to force a newer libgcc_s on you all the time.

Joerg