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On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:10:43 -0500 Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> On 11/13/2014 01:13 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Michael Palimaka |
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> > <kensington@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> On 14/11/14 01:05, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> >>> Isn't it possible to disable C++ in GCC with USE="-cxx"? |
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> >> It is, but I think if that's disabled you're on your own. :-) |
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> > Perhaps we should add a package.use.force entry for this. Is there any |
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> > reason not to? |
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> Under the assumption that gcc[cxx] is needed for the package manager, |
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> you still only need *one* GCC with C++ support. You could have another |
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> slot without C++ for testing or whatever. |
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Seconded. Simple practical example (aside from testing) from my |
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system: I need libg2c.so for old crappy fortran software I have to |
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use. That's why I'm keeping sys-devel:3.4[fortran nls] around. I |
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definitely do not need cxx flag here. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |