Re: infer GCC_REQD from USE_LANGUAGES (was: nghttp2 broken)

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

On Sun, Jan 06, 2019 at 12:16:33PM +0100, Benny Siegert wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 2:00 AM Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> > Mixing GCC versions doesn't work well. That's exactly what you end up
> > with when non-leaf packages start to randomly require higher versions.
> > The only reasonable solution is to actually just require a version
> > that's new enough for your package set up front and stick with it.
> 
> What can the pksrc infrastructure do to help the user picking a
> new-enough version?

Nothing really. This is a global problem and the infrastructure can only
really deal with local solutions.

Joerg