Re: pkg/51266: devel/gobject-introspection build fails on i386-7.99.32

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/51266; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/51266: devel/gobject-introspection build fails on i386-7.99.32
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 11:10:19 -0600 (CST)

 On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost wrote:
 
 > Note that switching base compilers is one fo those things that don't
 > work too well normally.  there's always the nuclear option of deleting
 > everything.
 
 This was clear enough when GCC 5.3.0 was introduced.  After a few false
 starts, I wiped everything out and rebuilt everything to empty target
 directories, then deleted all packages and rebuilt everything from
 scratch.  It seemed to work OK, but GCC 5.3.0 wasn't around for long.
 
 I did the same when GCC moved to 5.4.0, but then the problems described
 in this PR appeared, first i386, then amd64, and most recently macppc.
 
 My only workaround so far has been to install a TNF snapshot, wipe out
 all packages and build them all again from scratch.  After that, I can
 update to a locally-built release as long as I don't (re)build
 "gobject-introspection" or any of the problem packages that use it,
 listed previously in this PR.
 
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