On 26 January 2018 at 16:37, Greg Wooledge <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:17:27PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Is the sid gcc now 7.3 as someone said earlier even though it says it is > > 7.2? > > Sid apparently has both "gcc" and "gcc-7" packages. > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/gcc shows version 7.2.0-1d1. > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/gcc-7 shows version 7.3.0-1. > > As a sid user, YOU should be capable of performing this kind of search > (using apt-cache, apt, aptitude, http://packages.debian.org/ and other > resources). > > E.g. remote viewing. I installed gcc7 but the other day but the compiler installed was billed as 7.2.20 or something. Maybe it's been upgraded since then. > As for whether the compiler implements whatever Spectre workaround > you're looking for ... who knows? It's sid. Test it and report > the results. That's what sid is for. > If it really is gcc 7.3 it should be able to do it. Regards MF
