7 files changed, 10 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Formula/aria2.rb b/Library/Formula/aria2.rb
index d45754613..02b2e3200 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/aria2.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/aria2.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class Aria2 < Formula
   end
 
   depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
-  depends_on :macos => :lion # Needs a c++11 compiler
+
+  needs :cxx11
 
   def install
     args = %W[
diff --git a/Library/Formula/capnp.rb b/Library/Formula/capnp.rb
index b08b04262..f8e0700e7 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/capnp.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/capnp.rb
@@ -5,23 +5,7 @@ class Capnp < Formula
   url 'http://capnproto.org/capnproto-c++-0.4.1.tar.gz'
   sha1 '18ce1a404c2bf68e6625e44927bfe6b67186cb15'
 
-  # TODO add fails_with statements for FSF GCC
-  fails_with :gcc do
-    cause "Cap'n Proto requires C++11 support"
-  end
-
-  fails_with :gcc_4_0 do
-    cause "Cap'n Proto requires C++11 support"
-  end
-
-  fails_with :clang do
-    build 425
-    cause "Clang 3.2 or newer is required to build Cap'n Proto"
-  end
-
-  fails_with :llvm do
-    cause "Cap'n Proto requires C++11 support"
-  end
+  needs :cxx11
 
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-debug",
diff --git a/Library/Formula/gringo.rb b/Library/Formula/gringo.rb
index 24bbd82e8..cbcced99e 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/gringo.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/gringo.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ class Gringo < Formula
   depends_on 're2c'  => :build
   depends_on 'scons' => :build
   depends_on 'bison' => :build
-  depends_on :macos => :lion
 
-  # Needs C++11
-  fails_with :gcc
-  fails_with :gcc_4_0
+  needs :cxx11
 
   # Fixes missing include; fixed upstream:
   # http://sourceforge.net/p/potassco/code/8274/tree//trunk/gringo/app/gringo/main.cc?diff=5083e8f9bfc09e133b25ad84:8273
diff --git a/Library/Formula/libcppa.rb b/Library/Formula/libcppa.rb
index bf082c3f6..9972594aa 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/libcppa.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/libcppa.rb
@@ -5,20 +5,13 @@ class Libcppa < Formula
   url 'https://github.com/Neverlord/libcppa/archive/V0.8.1.tar.gz'
   sha1 'd4f096aae2bb72e254ad6df45edf3fb62370acaa'
 
-  depends_on :macos => :lion
   depends_on 'cmake' => :build
 
+  needs :cxx11
+
   option 'with-opencl', 'Build with OpenCL actors'
   option 'with-examples', 'Build examples'
 
-  fails_with :gcc do
-    cause 'libcppa requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
-
-  fails_with :llvm do
-    cause 'libcppa requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
-
   def install
     args = %W[
       --prefix=#{prefix}
diff --git a/Library/Formula/mal4s.rb b/Library/Formula/mal4s.rb
index 7a7a64b4b..9f2a064c6 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/mal4s.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/mal4s.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ class Mal4s < Formula
 
   head 'https://github.com/secure411dotorg/mal4s.git'
 
-  depends_on :macos => :mavericks
   depends_on :automake
   depends_on :autoconf
   depends_on :libtool
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ class Mal4s < Formula
   depends_on 'sdl2_image'
   depends_on 'sdl2_mixer'
 
+  needs :cxx11
+
   def install
     args = ["--disable-dependency-tracking",
             "--prefix=#{prefix}"]
diff --git a/Library/Formula/mkvtoolnix.rb b/Library/Formula/mkvtoolnix.rb
index a4f24c77d..dc39ec63d 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/mkvtoolnix.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/mkvtoolnix.rb
@@ -47,28 +47,7 @@ class Mkvtoolnix < Formula
     depends_on 'libebml' => 'c++11'
   end
 
-  fails_with :clang do
-    build 425
-    cause 'Mkvtoolnix requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
-
-  fails_with :gcc do
-    build 5666
-    cause 'Mkvtoolnix requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
-
-  fails_with :gcc => '4.5.4' do
-    cause 'Mkvtoolnix requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
-
-  fails_with :gcc_4_0 do
-    cause 'Mkvtoolnix requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end;
-
-  fails_with :llvm do
-    build 2336
-    cause 'Mkvtoolnix requires a C++11 compliant compiler.'
-  end
+  needs :cxx11
 
   def install
     ENV.cxx11
diff --git a/Library/Formula/sdcv.rb b/Library/Formula/sdcv.rb
index 8babd32f0..4912f9ec1 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/sdcv.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/sdcv.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ class Sdcv < Formula
   depends_on 'readline'
 
   # see: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/26321
-  fails_with :clang do
-    build 425
-    cause "clang 425 does not provide complete enough C++11 features"
-  end
-
-  fails_with :gcc
-  fails_with :llvm
-  fails_with :gcc_4_0
+  needs :cxx11
 
   def install
     mkdir 'build' do