Re: pkgsrc gcc discussion #3874

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:54:34AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> 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.

Slightly off topic, but wasn't the point of dab(6) to get a C++ program
into NetBSD base? (Admitedly, you don't need the games set on a firewall,
bar tetris.)

Cheers,

Patrick