On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:30:28 +0200 Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock_at_gmx.net> wrote: > Sorry if this sounds a bit flame-ish, but the way I see it we now have > a system compiler in -CURRENT that doesn't even compile a hello world > if-pedantic is specified and breaks with lots of existing software out > there This you have to ask the gcc people... > that tries to use a threads library because -pthread errors out (why > could this change not have been made _after_ 4.9 is out the door, > btw.? Or before 5.0-R FWIW.) I don't see the connection between the change in the 5-current compiler and 4.9... > Is the decision criterion for making acceptable changes to core system > components that we can somehow make 3rd party software compiling via > ports-collection hacks? > > I feel that a FreeBSD that manages to break so many existing > configure-scripts and build systems is degraded in usefulness. In 5-current we have 3 threads libraries and want to be able to install and use them in parallel. So there has to be a way to specify which one. This is why we need the ports collection to respect the PTHREAD* variables. A lot of ports already do this (e.g. the GNOME ones), but not all. It may be inconvenient in the short term, but beneficial in the long term. Bye, Alexander. -- If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander _at_ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7Received on Wed Sep 10 2003 - 05:53:10 UTC
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