Comment # 64 on bug 1084812 from Matthias Brugger

I tested a new image for the pine64 today:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS-pine64.aarch64-2018.04.11-Build7.13.raw.xz

No problems with ping, zypper dup etc. 
gcc7 has been fixed: 
localhost:~ # rpm -q --changelog gcc7|head
* Tue Apr 03 2018 rguenther@suse.com
- Update to gcc-7-branch head (r258812).
  * Picks fix to no longer enable -mpc-relative-literal-loads by default
    with --enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419.
- Enable --enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419 on aarch64.  [bnc#1084812]
  [bnc#1087930]

* Wed Mar 07 2018 rguenther@suse.com
- Update to gcc-7-branch head (r258313).
  * includes spectre V2 mitigation patch for s390x.  [bnc#1083946]

gcc8 seems is still in the queue:

localhost:~ # rpm -q --changelog gcc8|head
* Mon Mar 12 2018 rguenther@suse.com
- Update to SVN trunk head (r258445).

* Thu Mar 08 2018 rguenther@suse.com
- Update to SVN trunk head (r258365).
  * adds pconfigintrin.h and wbnoinvdintrin.h intrinsic headers
    for x86

* Mon Mar 05 2018 schwab@suse.de
- Add riscv64 cross compiler