Yes. For 4.2.x and later, CentOS7 is our minimal baseline. One cannot build 
AOO42X/trunk on CentOS5 even beforehand.

BTW: This only landed on trunk, not AOO42X. For now. The plan is to bring ALL 
these updates to AOO42X as back ports.

> On Jul 3, 2026, at 1:45 AM, Don Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On  2 Jul, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>> This is an automated email from the ASF dual-hosted git repository.
>> 
>> jimjag pushed a commit to branch trunk
>> in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice.git
>> 
>> 
>> The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/trunk by this push:
>>     new 7ce5b5df31 Raise the C++ standard floor to C++11 on Linux and FreeBSD
>> 7ce5b5df31 is described below
>> 
>> commit 7ce5b5df31d462d18bd1a27767f9ee8b2b323b86
>> Author: Jim Jagielski <[email protected]>
>> AuthorDate: Thu Jul 2 05:33:55 2026 -0400
>> 
>>    Raise the C++ standard floor to C++11 on Linux and FreeBSD
> 
> That breaks the build on CentOS 5.  Are we dropping support for it?
> 
>>    Linux and FreeBSD were pinned to -std=gnu++98 while macOS already
>>    builds at C++11. Bump both platforms (dmake and gbuild build systems)
>>    to -std=gnu++11, making C++11 the lowest supported standard across all
>>    platforms. gnu++11 (rather than strict c++11) preserves the GNU dialect
>>    the codebase relies on and avoids __STRICT_ANSI__ system-header fallout.
>> 
>>    Compiler floor is GCC 4.8.5 (CentOS 7), which fully supports gnu++11.
>> ---
>> main/solenv/gbuild/platform/freebsd.mk |  8 +++++---
>> main/solenv/gbuild/platform/linux.mk   |  8 +++++---
>> main/solenv/inc/unxfbsd.mk             | 11 +++++++++--
>> main/solenv/inc/unxlng.mk              | 12 ++++++++++--
>> 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/freebsd.mk 
>> b/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/freebsd.mk
>> index b1259cb42d..6433fa2c80 100644
>> --- a/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/freebsd.mk
>> +++ b/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/freebsd.mk
>> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ gb_CXXFLAGS := \
>>      -fno-use-cxa-atexit \
>>      -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
>>      -fvisibility=hidden \
>> -    -std=gnu++98 \
>> +    -std=gnu++11 \
>>      -pipe
>> ifeq ($(COM),CLANG)
>> gb_CXXFLAGS += -DHAVE_STL_INCLUDE_PATH
>> @@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ gb_CXXFLAGS += -DBOOST_TR1_DISABLE_INCLUDE_NEXT 
>> -DBOOST_TR1_GCC_INCLUDE_PATH=c++
>> endif
>> 
>> ifneq ($(EXTERNAL_WARNINGS_NOT_ERRORS),TRUE)
>> -gb_CFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror
>> -gb_CXXFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror
>> +# C++11 deprecation/narrowing warnings (std::auto_ptr, dynamic exception 
>> specs,
>> +# braced-init narrowing) must not be fatal.  Mirrors macosx.mk.
>> +gb_CFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> +gb_CXXFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> endif
>> 
>> ifneq ($(strip $(SYSBASE)),)
>> diff --git a/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/linux.mk 
>> b/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/linux.mk
>> index 874dbde417..5777898295 100644
>> --- a/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/linux.mk
>> +++ b/main/solenv/gbuild/platform/linux.mk
>> @@ -89,12 +89,14 @@ gb_CXXFLAGS := \
>>      -fuse-cxa-atexit \
>>      -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
>>      -fvisibility=hidden \
>> -    -std=gnu++98 \
>> +    -std=gnu++11 \
>>      -pipe \
>> 
>> ifneq ($(EXTERNAL_WARNINGS_NOT_ERRORS),TRUE)
>> -gb_CFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror
>> -gb_CXXFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror
>> +# C++11 deprecation/narrowing warnings (std::auto_ptr, dynamic exception 
>> specs,
>> +# braced-init narrowing) must not be fatal.  Mirrors macosx.mk.
>> +gb_CFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> +gb_CXXFLAGS_WERROR := -Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> endif
>> 
>> ifneq ($(strip $(SYSBASE)),)
>> diff --git a/main/solenv/inc/unxfbsd.mk b/main/solenv/inc/unxfbsd.mk
>> index 3e2575f53f..f27ef2a7ba 100644
>> --- a/main/solenv/inc/unxfbsd.mk
>> +++ b/main/solenv/inc/unxfbsd.mk
>> @@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ CFLAGSEXCEPTIONS=-fexceptions -fno-enforce-eh-specs
>> CFLAGS_NO_EXCEPTIONS=-fno-exceptions
>> 
>> # -fpermissive should be removed as soon as possible
>> -CFLAGSCXX= -pipe $(ARCH_FLAGS) -std=gnu++98
>> +# C++11 is the lowest supported standard (matches the macOS floor).  Our old
>> +# code base still uses constructs deprecated in C++11 (notably 
>> std::auto_ptr and
>> +# dynamic exception specifications); those remain valid until C++17 and are 
>> kept
>> +# non-fatal via -Wno-error= below.
>> +CFLAGSCXX= -pipe $(ARCH_FLAGS) -std=gnu++11
>> .IF "$(HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY_FEATURE)" == "TRUE"
>> CFLAGSCXX += -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
>> .ENDIF # "$(HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY_FEATURE)" == "TRUE"
>> @@ -139,7 +143,10 @@ CFLAGSWARNCXX=$(CFLAGSWARNCC) -Wshadow 
>> -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy \
>>     -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
>> CFLAGSWALLCC=$(CFLAGSWARNCC)
>> CFLAGSWALLCXX=$(CFLAGSWARNCXX)
>> -CFLAGSWERRCC=-Werror
>> +# Keep -Werror, but do not let the C++11 dialect's deprecation/narrowing
>> +# warnings (std::auto_ptr, dynamic exception specs, braced-init narrowing) 
>> break
>> +# the build.  Mirrors the macOS handling in unxmacc.mk.
>> +CFLAGSWERRCC=-Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> 
>> # Once all modules on this platform compile without warnings, set
>> # COMPILER_WARN_ERRORS=TRUE here instead of setting MODULES_WITH_WARNINGS 
>> (see
>> diff --git a/main/solenv/inc/unxlng.mk b/main/solenv/inc/unxlng.mk
>> index cdbe591b4d..5c2e13c936 100644
>> --- a/main/solenv/inc/unxlng.mk
>> +++ b/main/solenv/inc/unxlng.mk
>> @@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ CFLAGSEXCEPTIONS=-fexceptions -fno-enforce-eh-specs
>> CFLAGS_NO_EXCEPTIONS=-fno-exceptions
>> 
>> # -fpermissive should be removed as soon as possible
>> -CFLAGSCXX= -pipe $(ARCH_FLAGS) -std=gnu++98
>> +# C++11 is the lowest supported standard (matches the macOS floor).  Our old
>> +# code base still uses constructs deprecated in C++11 (notably 
>> std::auto_ptr and
>> +# dynamic exception specifications); those remain valid until C++17 and are 
>> kept
>> +# non-fatal via -Wno-error= below.  The compiler floor is GCC 4.8.5 (CentOS 
>> 7),
>> +# which fully supports gnu++11.
>> +CFLAGSCXX= -pipe $(ARCH_FLAGS) -std=gnu++11
>> .IF "$(HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY_FEATURE)" == "TRUE"
>> CFLAGSCXX += -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
>> .ENDIF # "$(HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY_FEATURE)" == "TRUE"
>> @@ -127,7 +132,10 @@ CFLAGSWARNCXX=$(CFLAGSWARNCC) -Wshadow 
>> -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy \
>>     -Wno-non-virtual-dtor
>> CFLAGSWALLCC=$(CFLAGSWARNCC)
>> CFLAGSWALLCXX=$(CFLAGSWARNCXX)
>> -CFLAGSWERRCC=-Werror
>> +# Keep -Werror, but do not let the C++11 dialect's deprecation/narrowing
>> +# warnings (std::auto_ptr, dynamic exception specs, braced-init narrowing) 
>> break
>> +# the build.  Mirrors the macOS handling in unxmacc.mk.
>> +CFLAGSWERRCC=-Werror -Wno-error=deprecated 
>> -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=narrowing
>> 
>> # Once all modules on this platform compile without warnings, set
>> # COMPILER_WARN_ERRORS=TRUE here instead of setting MODULES_WITH_WARNINGS 
>> (see
>> 
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