[gentoo-user] Re: Stable gcc:7.3.0 won't build with stable glibc

[Grant Edwards]

On 2019-03-29, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
> 190329 Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> gcc-7.3.9-r3 is marked stable, yet it fails to build if you have the
>> current stable version of glibc installed (2.28-r5).
>
> I've been using Gcc-8.2.0-r6 since 170302 with Glibc-2.27-r6 : no problems.

What I'm asking about is that 7.3.0-r3 (which is stable) won't build
with glibc-2.28 (which is stable).  My question: is that considered a
bug or not?  One might think that the 7.3.0-r3 ebuild should require
gblic < 2.28.  Is one allowed to tweak ebuilds like that without
bumping the revision?

FWIW 7.3.0-r6 does build and works fine for my application which won't
build with gcc-8 -- so it's purely an academic question.

-- 
Grant