Re: gcc 7.5.0 as dependency for tcsh in NetBSD-8?

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 07:34:38PM -0400, David H. Gutteridge wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2022 at 10:35:39 +0000 (UTC), John Klos wrote:
> > Huh? tcsh on NetBSD-8 now requires gcc 7.5.0?
> 
> This is fallout from r. 1.240 of mk/compiler/gcc.mk. As I follow it,
> what's happening is that some changes applied are misbehaving such
> on NetBSD 8.x, GCC 7 will universally be required from pkgsrc. This is
> indeed what I see if I test build any package. This should really be
> discussed further in the "gcc runtime dependency" thread from last
> week, so I'll move it there.

If it's specifically the "don't select GCC 6" part that's causing
problems, that part can be safely undone - the original motivation
is no longer valid.