Re: Retiring WITHOUT_CXX

Reply: Eugene Grosbein : "Re: Retiring WITHOUT_CXX"
In reply to: Ed Maste : "Retiring WITHOUT_CXX"
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From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 21:45:23 UTC

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 11:39 AM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Several base system components are written in C++, and the WITHOUT_CXX
> option is not regularly tested and is often broken. I fixed a number
> of WITHOUT_CXX issues in response to Michael Dexter's recent Build
> Option Survey runs, but it will break again absent ongoing effort.
> This does not seem like a useful endeavour given the limitations it
> imposes on the resulting system.
>
> I'm proposing we remove the WITHOUT_CXX option and have opened a
> review to do so: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33108


We've grown enough C++ support this is likely sane.

Warner