Re: Failure to cross-build libstdc++-v3 for earmv6hf from macOS

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 02:46:10PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
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> > On Apr 7, 2018, at 2:43 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 02:39:59PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> >> BigMac:thorpej$ cat /Volumes/Data0/Users/thorpej/hack/NetBSD/current/src/external/gpl3/gcc/dist/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver  |  grep -E -v '^[     ]*#(#| |)'
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> > That should be '^[	]*#(#| )?' right?
> > 
> >> Well that’s a bummer.  I notice that NetBSD seems to be shipping GNU grep(1) these days as well (???):
> > 
> > It been shipping with GNU grep for a very long time…
> 
> Yes, well, there’s a non-GNU grep in the source tree as well, and I
> think it’s the same one being used on macOS and FreeBSD at least.
> What’s the rationale for using the GNU version when there’s a non-GNU
> alternative?

It has a couple of non-trivial bugs and it is noticable slower.

Joerg