Re: [gentoo-dev] Gcc 6 and Gcc 5 update

[Walter Dnes]

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 06:59:17PM +0100, Magnus Granberg wrote
> Hi
>
> Gcc 6.X update:
> Gcc 6.3 will soon get released in one or two weeks on that the
> pie use flag will get unmasked and gcj will be masked for java is
> removed in gcc 7 Package that fail with the pie flag needed to get
> fixed upstream for we are not the only dist that use it now days.
>
> Gcc 5.X update
> Time to start fixing bugs [1] for it is time to mark it stable.
> it will be 5.4 or 5.5. Any more bugs that need fixing that not in
> the gcc 5 porting?
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536984

  Are the gmp, mpc, mpfr, and isl libs included? According to the
"Support libraries" section at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC

> Alternatively, after extracting the GCC source archive, simply
> run the ./contrib/download_prerequisites script in the GCC source
> directory.  That will download the support libraries and create
> symlinks, causing them to be built automatically as part of the GCC
> build process. Set GRAPHITE_LOOP_OPT=no in the script if you want
> to build GCC without ISL, which is only needed for the optional
> Graphite loop optimizations.

  That approach guarantees that the appropriate library versions are
available for the version of GCC that you're building.

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