Re: GCC_REQD not working (pkgsrc issue?) on NetBSD 6_Stable

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 06:28:59PM -0000, yancm%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> Apparently putting GCC_REQD+=4.7 (or 4.8) in a pkgsrc package Makefile is
> supposed cause builds to use a particular version of gcc.
> 
> This does not appear to work for me...
> 
> Can anyone give me some pointers (things to try/investigate) to make this
> work?
> 
> the original chain is below, but I seem to be stuck on an unrelated
> problem so am starting a different subject...
> ------ Makefile excerpt -------
> # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.66 2013/10/29 19:05:23 drochner Exp $
> 
> .include "../../print/poppler/Makefile.common"
> 
> COMMENT=                PDF rendering library
> MAINTAINER=             reed%reedmedia.net@localhost
> 
> GCC_REQD=               4.8
> USE_TOOLS+=             gmake gcc

Ah: poppler/Makefile.common includes compiler.mk. Try setting

GCC_REQD+=4.8

above .include poppler/Makefile.common


Cheers,

Patrick