Re: pkg/49350: inconsistent GCC_REQD for c++11 nullptr

[Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/49350; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ryo ONODERA <ryo_on%yk.rim.or.jp@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/49350: inconsistent GCC_REQD for c++11 nullptr
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 05:28:59 +0900 (JST)

 Hi,
 
 From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>, Date: Sat,  1 Nov 2014 04:10:04 +0000 (UTC)
 
 >>Number:         49350
 >>Category:       pkg
 >>Synopsis:       inconsistent GCC_REQD for c++11 nullptr
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       non-critical
 >>Priority:       medium
 >>Responsible:    pkg-manager
 >>State:          open
 >>Class:          change-request
 >>Submitter-Id:   net
 >>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 01 04:10:00 +0000 2014
 >>Originator:     Izumi Tsutsui
 >>Release:        NetBSD 6.1.5 + pkgsrc updated around 20141101
 >>Organization:
 >>Environment:
 > System: NetBSD/i386 6.1.5
 > Architecture: i386
 > Machine: i386
 >>Description:
 > inputmethod/mozc-server/Makefile.common says:
 > ---
 > USE_LANGUAGES=  c c++
 > # nullptr requires -std=c++11, and -std=c++11 requires gcc 4.7 or later
 > GCC_REQD+=      4.7
 > CXXFLAGS+=      -std=c++11
 > ---
 > 
 > but www/firefox/mozilla-common.mk claims:
 > ---
 > # GCC 4.6 is required to support nullptr.
 > GCC_REQD+=              4.6
 > ---
 
 nullptr requires -std=c++03 really. It was my misunderstanding.
 GCC_REQD in mozc-server should be 4.6.
 
 > so annoying large two sets of gcc versions are built and installed
 > for these major two packages only to handle nullptr in a few sources.
 > 
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 > Build the above two packages on NetBSD/i386 6.1.5.
 > 
 >>Fix:
 > For now, I would like to change www/firefox/mozilla-common.mk
 > to have GCC_REQD=4.7 as mozc-server/Makefile.common at least
 > for NetBSD 6.x because 
 >  - firefox-33.x is not in the pkgsrc-20xxQn releases yet
 >  - there is a report gcc 4.6 is broken on NetBSD 6.x:
 >    http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2014/10/22/msg013717.html
 > 
 > In the perfect world, someone[tm] will prepare some magic .mk file
 > which handles "requirement of c++11 nullptr"?
 > 
 > ---
 
 Under my netbsd-6/amd64 chroot test environment on NetBSD/amd64 7.99.1,
 lang/gcc46 is built without any error.
 I will build lang/gcc46 under NetBSD 6.1.4 virtual machine later.
 
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