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Holger Hoffstätte wrote: |
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> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 05:18:54 -0400, covici wrote: |
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> > Holger Hoffstätte wrote: |
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> >> On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:01:50 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> >> > On 08/10/2015 05:29:04 PM, James wrote: |
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> >> >> Hello, |
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> >> >> |
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> >> >> Just for grins, I'm thinking about installing a gentoo system that |
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> >> >> is (~) testing and newer codes and setting gcc-.5.2 as the default |
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> >> >> compiler. Anyone doing this yet? Will it mostly work or should I |
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> >> >> wait? Workstation with lxqt-0.9x. |
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> >> > |
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> >> > I don't use lxqt here, but ... |
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> >> > I'm using gcc-5.2.0 very successfully here. I am not aware of a |
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> >> > single package which doesn't compile with this version. |
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> >> > And the kernel itself compiles just fine (currentlich running |
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> >> > 4.2.0-rc6 compiled with gcc-5.2.0) |
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> >> +1 |
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> >> I just updated all my ~amd64 multilib systems to 5.2 and everything |
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> >> still works without a hitch, including acroread & skype. 4.9.3 is gone. |
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> >> :) |
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> >> |
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> >> > One caveat though when upgrading a system which has been built with |
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> >> > gcc-x for x < 5. |
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> >> > The (pure) C++ libraries aren't compatible with older versions so |
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> >> > that all packages which link to libstdc++ or libsupc++ have to be |
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> >> > rebuilt. Packages which just use C aren't effected at all. |
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> >> Interestingly I didn't have to rebuild anything (yet), which I find |
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> >> surprising given the changes in the ABI and std::string. I expected at |
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> >> least a few problems, |
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> >> but so far - nothing. |
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> > I can't even emerge gcc-5.2.0 because of missing keyword, as of a sync |
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> > of yesterday, so what is happening with that? |
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> The ebuild currently doesn't have any keywords, so enable them: |
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> $grep gcc /etc/portage/profile/package.accept_keywords |
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> >=sys-devel/gcc-5.2.0 ** (or your specific arch instead of **) |
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But why do they have no keywords? Does this mean the package is not |
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ready for prime time or much else? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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