Re: libvpx on netbsd-5

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On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 03:14:07PM +0100, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> Error at link time in multimedia/libvpx
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: vpx_scale/generic/.libs/vpx_scale.c.o: unrecognized relocation
> (0x2b) in section `.text'
> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:397: libvpx.a] Error 1
> gmake: *** [Makefile:17: .DEFAULT] Error 2
> *** Error code 2
> 
> Had repeated problems with libvpx in the past which has usually been worked
> around by juggling gcc versions, but setting GCC_REQD to 4.8 doesn't help.
> 
> (yes, I know netbsd-5 is no longer supported but it sucks that pkgsrc breaks
> on it so quickly).
> 
> -- 
> Stephen
> 

Unrelated to your problem, it is possible to set a global GCC_REQD, it
may make your usage of netbsd-5 a little less painful.