On May 6, 2016 12:26 PM, "Douglas R. Reno" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> On May 6, 2016 11:22 AM, "Pierre Labastie" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >
> > On 06/05/2016 17:11, Douglas R. Reno wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 6, 2016 9:43 AM, "Pierre Labastie" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > It looks like GCC 6 adds a level of rigor to C/C++ compiling, and
that code which used to work, does not anymore because it relied on not
rigorously defined behavior.
> >> >
> >> > I guess this is the case for a lot of packages in BLFS. I already
have found (sorry if some of these have been mentionned already, I do not
have a way to search the mail archives ATM):
> >> > harbuzz: may be built with: CC="gcc -std=c99" CXX="g++ -std=c++98"
./configure...
> >> > php: may be built with: CC="gcc -std=c99" ./configure...
> >> > libsoup: same
> >> > xorg-evdev-driver: same
> >> > libdrm: same
> >> > gstreamer: same
> >> > gstreamer-plgins-base: same (not tried the other plugins, but I
guess they need the same)
> >> > openjdk: fix not ready yet
> >>
> >> Were these on an LFS system upgraded to GCC6 or on a fresh build? On
my fresh builds, I haven't noticed issues with any of the above (except PHP
and OpenJDK, which I haven't built). But that does not mean that they don't
exist. Should I upgrade one of my 5.x PCs to 6.x and try compiling my stuff
on there?
> >>
> > YIt is on an LFS-7.9 system (so built with gcc-5) and gcc-6 installed
as per BLFS book instructions. You are right that it may make a difference.
I am currently building LFS-SVN-20160503 to have a cleaner system.
> >
> I am starting a new build on one of my dev systems with pure GCC6 (not my
workstation) to start tagging things in systemd, and I will add the
GCC6_checked tag (but I need to get all outstanding merges done first).
>
> I am going to avoid Qt4 this time, and attempt to have Qt5 get used as
much as possible. Hopefully this will help.
>
> I have security patches to make for libxml2 and GCC (libiberty). I will
work on those later.
>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Shouldn't we add an entities &gcc6-tested, &gcc6-built and add those
to the package descriptions when tested?
> >> >
> >> I agree that its a good idea.
> >>
> > Agreed with Bruce that only one entity would be enough. As of the
future version, I do not really care. If making a major version change, we
could take the opportunity to add some new features (gold, ISL...). GCC6's
configure sends warnings about ISL missing.
> >
> >
> Adding those new features sounds interesting. Once things settle down
again, I will be happy to look into it.
>
> Douglas R. Reno
*Reworded sentence above to prevent confusion.
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