2016-12-21 11:45 GMT+03:00 Jonathan Gray <[email protected]>:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:43:57AM -0700, Peter Hessler wrote:
>> CVSROOT:      /cvs
>> Module name:  ports
>> Changes by:   [email protected]        2016/12/21 00:43:57
>>
>> Modified files:
>>       databases/postgresql: Makefile
>>
>> Log message:
>> disable spinlocks on arm, so we can have a postgresql package
>>
>
> Wouldn't it be better to depend on a newer gcc/clang to
> get the atomic/sync builtins that base gcc on arm lacks?

Until we have working libc++ in base, the generic answer would be
"please, no, if you can". Using egcc/clang forces the port binaries
being linked to libestdc++, which in turn causes havoc in all
dependant ports which are build with base compiler.

--
  WBR,
  Vadim Zhukov

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