Re: Can we make gfortran the default Fortran?

[Jason Bacon <bacon4000%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 01/03/18 10:08, J. Lewis Muir wrote:
> 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.
Right - that hasn't been determined yet.  We're still discussing design, 
so many implementation details are yet to come.
> > 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/
Good catch, thanks!

    Jason

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