build failures on 8.x: is upgrading the right fix?

[Koop Mast]

On 22/09/2015 07:20, Paul Beard wrote:
> Patching for libEGL-10.6.6
> ===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for libEGL-10.6.6
> ===>   libEGL-10.6.6 depends on executable: makedepend - found
> ===>   libEGL-10.6.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/flex - found
> ===>   libEGL-10.6.6 depends on package: llvm36>=0 - not found
> ===>  llvm36-3.6.2_2 is marked as broken: GCC failing on 8.x.
>
> Is upgrading to 9 or 10 the One True Fix?
>
> Probably past time to do it but it’s a lightly used system that doesn’t get much attention.

Yes, FreeBSD 8.4 has been EOL since the 1 augustus.

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-August/001664.html

-Koop