Martin Guy a écrit : > QEMU requires gcc-3.4 at runtime because it emulates 5 different CPUs > by translating the machine code into C, compiling the C fragments and > editing the assembler output to trim off function call/return > sequences. This makes it the fastest emulator on the planet but it > does not understand gcc-4 assembler output. > > This would be a good reason to keep gcc-3.4 in Debian unless there is > progress upstream, since QEMU is often used in Debian development > itself.
Upstream has started to add support for gcc-4.x (or rather compiler agnostic support), via TCG (Tiny Code Generator). But it will take some time until all instructions on all targets switch to it. Also host support has to be written, it currently only support x86 and x86_64. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
