Re: Perpetual loop

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 09:18:33AM +0100, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2021-03-31 at 08:53 BST, nia wrote:
> 
> > If pkgsrc is trying to build gcc3 something is very wrong, this basically
> > means it couldn't find a toolchain.
> 
> At this point in time we should probably just make this more explicit.  Rip
> out gcc48 and earlier, and convert the GCC_REQD 2.x/3.x stuff into a "could
> not find host compiler" error.

Yes, although I think there should still be a pre-cxxificiation GCC
version so it's still technically possible to bootstrap with only a C
compiler. that would mean reimporting 4.7 rather than relying on an
ancient 2.x or 3.x though.