Re: firefox 61 fails to build on netbsd-7

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 29 June 2018 at 16:11, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Because it needs gcc 6.1 !!
>
> I suppose people on such systems can just use firefox60, or contort, or
> wait for the coming rototill of compiler selection.
>
> I would rather not be adding GCC_REQD to programs when that's really
> about language features vs the original intent of avoiding problems in
> lower versions, especially during the freeze.   The package is not even
> documented to require c++11, so I'm not sure what's up.
>
> Had I realized this, I would have objected to the update during freeze
> (and probably shoudl have anyway, since it doesn't meet the freeze
> criteria), but I don't think it's a net win to back it out now.  But,
> that seems less troublesome than many other approaches.
>
> So:
>
>   1) Please don't change anything until we really understand what's
>   going on.  (The freeze is already going to last longer because of this
>   update than it would have.)
>
>   2) Can someone explain where the gcc 6.1 requirement comes from and
>   why?

The mozilla change is documented in

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?format=default&id=1444274

I tried hacking around the check for the gcc 5.5 in NetBSD-8 and the
package initially failed to build, then I forced --std=c++14 and it
seemed to build fine. Just about to test...

David