Re: binutils/override-as.mk

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On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 05:54:44PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> So it seems (see PR 50988) that binutils/override-as.mk doesn't check
> USE_BUILTIN.binutils, so including it will always use pkgsrc binutis
> regardless of builtin processing.
> 
> Whether this is a bug or not seems open to interpretation - I would
> say that it is, because it will probably cause builds to fail if
> builtin processing results in not installing pkgsrc binutils at all.
> On the other hand, if it's supposed to override the default as it
> ought to override the default as.
> 
> Opinions? There's only the one use of it in pkgsrc, so it's not
> exactly a critical issue.
> 
> (It also looks like the builtin processing isn't checking the binutils
> version, which means that pulling in pkgsrc binutils and setting a
> specific version requirement won't work. The chief reason one might
> want to force the use of pkgsrc binutils is to get a version that
> understands some particular set of new extension instructions, so
> unless I'm missing something this also seems like a problem.)
> 

I think sborrill encountered this issue when trying to use newer
binutils for pkgsrc on netbsd-5.