On 08/06/2014 02:03 PM, Fernando de Oliveira wrote:
> On 06-08-2014 08:30, Armin K. wrote:
>> On 08/06/2014 01:23 PM, Christopher Gregory wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to please use a wild card for gcc versions?
>>>
>>> On the lame page it has:
>>>
>>> First, if you are using i686 and gcc-4.9.0, fix a compile problem: 
>>>
>>> This signals that it is only for that version of gcc, which is not the
>>> case as it also applies to 4.9.1.
>>>
>>> So if gcc-4.9.x was used this would be clear to people that it is for
>>> the subsequent minor versions as well.
>>>
>>> It would also mean less overall work as the version would not need to be
>>> changed in the descriptions section until the problem no longer occurs
>>> due to the effected package being fixed upstream.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Christopher.
>>>
>>
>> Simply use 4.9.
> 
> Sorry, I disagree. It was intentional, not lack of care.
> 
> Decided to use explicit versions, because some problems are caused by a
> particular version and be fixed in the next one. It is easier to grep
> exactly that version and remove everywhere, when fixed. And it induces a
> reaction as the present case, so we can fix it.
> 
> So, I prefer to keep updating the ones that are still needed. With this,
> we can rack down later on how many versions still needed fixing and when
> it started.

If (new) compiler restrictions/rules caused an error, then it will be a
problem with any later version.

Debian uses gcc-major-minor to indicate that patch fixes a problem that
occours with gcc feature additions/improvements (increased minor version).

> 
> For this case, I thank Christopher and will bump the version.



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