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Re: pkgsrc gcc discussion #3874



Jason Bacon <bacon4000%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> But how many people use pkgsrc and never build a C++ package?

I think if you use pkgsrc on an odd arch, on  a very small computer, and
only build a few things, to make a firewall box usable, then you might
well not need to build C++.  But I agree that it's unclear if this
population is big enough to worry about.

> On any platform with binary packages, the cost of the "extra" compiler
> suite is especially trivial.

Yes, if your disk is big enough, but I'm thinking about building from
source on odd architectures.

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