On 05/28/2018 09:09 PM, Allan McRae via arch-dev-public wrote: > On 29/05/18 11:00, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote: >> Hey, >> >> I would like to move gcc7 (based on the latest version 7 commit of gcc [0]) >> into [community] because of cuda 9.2 and in return drop gcc54. >> >> I tried to make it work with current gcc but to no avail. In earlier >> releases of cuda the incompatibilities could be patched with header hacks >> but not this time. I tested the whole setup with cuda 9.2 locally and it >> seems to work fine. >> >> I just want to get somebody's ok on this as apparently not everyone is >> stoked about having yet another old version of gcc in there for some time. >> >> Sven >> >> [0] >> https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/gcc&id=44e0a03db1b5cabf6135f194e540d513cf959245 >> . >> > > OK to add gcc7 given it will drop gcc54.
Agreed, we're moving in a net positive direction. We still have two versions of gcc, but at least the old version is a *newer* old version. (We could name it gcc-cuda if that makes people happier?) -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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