Re: Can we make gfortran the default Fortran?

["J. Lewis Muir" <jlmuir%imca-cat.org@localhost>]

On 01/02, Jason Bacon wrote:
> Sure, I can take ownership of that.  How about we also add something
> like the following to all gcc packages to help prevent breakage in
> the first place:
> 
> cvs diff: Diffing .
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/lang/gcc6/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.12
> diff -u -r1.12 Makefile
> --- Makefile    13 Dec 2017 10:54:53 -0000    1.12
> +++ Makefile    2 Jan 2018 15:10:30 -0000
> @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
>  ## When bumping the PKGREVISION of this package the PKGREVISION of
>  ## lang/gcc6-libs needs to be bump to be at least 1 more than the
>  ## PKGREVISION of this package!
> +##
> +## All gcc dependencies are tagged for building with the base compiler
> +## to avoid circular dependencies when this compiler is set as a
> system-wide
> +## minimum and to ensure consistent build results. Please ensure

I think it would be nice to also briefly state how and where the
dependencies are tagged.

> that any new
> +## dependencies are tagged and tested with the base compiler BEFORE
> committing
> +## changes this package.  Failure to do so will create problems for

s/changes this/changes to this/

Regards,

Lewis