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Re: Testing NetBSD Versions



Robert Elz wrote:

>     Date:        Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:42:42 +0100
>     From:        Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20081217004242.116ee257.adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>
> 
> This particular message just recalled to mind something I had been
> meaning to mention for a while, I mean no specific comment about
> Adam's message (or fix) in particular ...
> 
>   | diff -u -r1.51 Makefile
>   | --- Makefile      4 Aug 2008 06:55:39 -0000       1.51
>   | +++ Makefile      16 Dec 2008 23:41:38 -0000
>   | @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>   |
>   |  GCC_REQD+=               3.0
>   |
>   | -.if !empty(MACHINE_PLATFORM:MNetBSD-4*)
>   | +.if !empty(MACHINE_PLATFORM:MNetBSD-[4-9]*)
>   |  USE_PKGSRC_GCC=3D        yes
>   |  .endif
> 
> This kind of thing appears quite often in pkgsrc - and while it isn't urgent
> that it get fixed in a hurry, someone really should be planning the correct
> invocation to handle NetBSD 10.0 and beyond (both for testing the "must have
> at least" case, and the as here "want to know if >= than" case).
> 
> Otherwise, when NetBSD 10 does appear (7-8 years ??) there will be a lot
> of stuff that suddenly breaks (just like qemu's pkgsrc did here for NetBSD 5).

I hope qemu wont need gcc3 in 2016. :-)

The real solution for this would be a list of acceptable/unacceptable compilers,
or adding GCC_MAX (but thats hackish).

--
When in doubt, use brute force.

Adam Hoka <ahoka%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Adam Hoka <ahoka%MirBSD.de@localhost>
Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost>

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