[SM-Discuss] the case for gcc 4.2.x

David Kowis dkowis at shlrm.org
Sat Sep 29 15:29:01 EDT 2007


Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> over the last evenings, I've rebuilt my system on glibc 2.6.1 with gcc
> 4.2.1 to see how ready our grimoire is for the new gcc. Here's the
> summary:
> 591 spells cast
> 8 spells failed
> 1 of those 8 was gcc related, mozilla (who is surprised that this
> age-old codebase breaks? ;)
> 
> I'm already working on a fix for mozilla, most of the other failures
> were easy enough to fix.
> First of all, let me say that it's pretty awesome to have a failure rate
> of only 1.3% for a rebuild including a couple dozen updates. Thanks to all
> who contributed :) I remember times when we did much worse.
> Second, I think this test shows that gcc 4.2.1 is ready to go into test
> for more widespread testing. So if no one screams "NO!", I'll integrate
> the update after the next stable-rc is cut.
> 

W00t!

although, that means I'll have to rebuild gcc and g++ and glibc :/ I
need my own portable Mr. Fusion.

-- 
David Kowis
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