Re: git: 4df0e66a3662 - main - llvm.mk: add export/noexport to handle CC/CXX/CPP exports

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 08:04:27AM +0200, Tobias C. Berner wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sept 2023 at 07:56, Gleb Popov wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 8:20???AM Tobias C. Berner wrote:
> > > USES=llvm.mk now supports 'export' (default) and 'noexport' arguments.
> > > When export is set, CC, CXX and CPP will be set to the path corresponding
> > > to the chosen llvm-version.
> >
> > The choice for the default seems strange to me. Now every port that
> > has USES=llvm will be switching to building with a non-base compiler.
> > Is this really a sensible default?
> 
> From a rough count: of the 87 ports using llvm.mk 50 set CC.

That's probably because of all those knee-jerk silly attempts to unbreak
the ports' build against new Clang.  I've hunt down and whacked some of
them, but quite a few are still there, waiting to be replaced with a proper
fix.  So at the end of the day I agree with Gleb, it's a dubious default.

./danfe