On 04/29/2011 09:01 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
On 04/29/2011 02:41 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote:
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Hi all -
I know someone else mentioned this briefly WRT to Tumbleweed, but I'd like to bring up for discussion the adoption of gcc 4.6 for Factory.
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Jeff,
I don't have factory running anywhere, but I thought gcc 4.6 was in factory now, but not as default.
You have to invoke it as gcc46 was my understanding.
Would updating the specfile to use gcc46 instead of gcc be feasible until the default gcc is updated?
Yeah, that'd be pretty easy. The hard part comes in when you want to build KMPs against that kernel since they won't be using the same compiler version unless they're *also* modified to use CC=gcc-4.6
-Jeff
I guess this begs the question is what needs to be done to enable 4.6 as the default in Factory ? I know there was a list a while back of packages which were not building on gcc4.6, but have they been resolved ? The other question I would ask is what other gcc4.6 options might we want to enable by default ? Now it seems would be a good time to contemplate this and do some experiments. Getting a newer compiler in Factory early would be great for ensuring it gets lots of extended testing. I've branched gcc4.6 from Factory and enabled 11.4 and 11.3 repos for those who might like to experiment. I've tested some packages locally and do not see any real issues. Comments ? Cheers, Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org