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[Ladislav Hagara <ladislav.hagara AT unob.cz>]

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> Regarding the comparison between opensuse and sourcemage's gcc versions:
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> Binary distros don't need to "test" their gcc is thoroughly as we have to
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> given that every package needs to be compiled.
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> If a package from a binary distro has issues with one gcc they can use
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> a different gcc for just that package and nobody will notice.
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Yea, of course.
But our approach is the same:
"If a package from our distro has issues with one gcc we use

a different gcc for just that package and nobody will notice."
We just need to test all packages and set GCC_VERSION appropriate.
I have no problem with several gcc versions installed.
As I wrote I would appreciate if sorcery could automatically use the
newer gcc and if there are problems sorcery could use older one and
inform about used gcc version.
And of course new gcc can't be tested thoroughly if it isn't embraced in
test grimoire.

-- 
Ladislav Hagara


> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 02:15:56AM +0100, Ladislav Hagara wrote:
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>>>> There is nothing wrong with 4.1, some code does trigger a few extra
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>>> sloppyness indicators that even 4.0 still let's fly, but it's not a lot.
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>>>
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>> Personally I wonder why we discuss this. Test grimoire is for testing.
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>> GCC 4.1 has should been in test grimoire since GCC team had released it.
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>> It is strange for me that for example openSUSE has gcc 4.1.3 [1] and we
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>> have in test and stable-rc gcc 4.0.3 and in stable even gcc 3.4.5 [2].
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>> [1] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse
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>> [2] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sourcemage
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>>>> To make things smoother in the future the forcing of gcc version
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>>> below what is in test must be discouraged, things do not get fixed
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>>> that way.
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>>>
>> What about some sorcery function and variable like IGNORE_GCC_VERSION?
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>> With this setting sorcery could just ignore GCC from DETAILS and tried
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>> the last gcc.
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>> If last gcc was OK sorcery just write some message like "spell XXX
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>> contains GCC=3.4 but it is possible to cast it with last gcc 4.1,
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>> GCC=3.4 should be removed from DETAILS". Of course if last GCC fails
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>> sorcery just tried older one.
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>> -- 
>>
>> Ladislav Hagara
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