Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> posted 200905010407.57394.volkerar...@googlemail.com, excerpted below, on Fri, 01 May 2009 04:07:57 +0200:
> On Freitag 01 Mai 2009, Branko Badrljica wrote: >> I have noticed that gcc-4.4.0 is out for some days now and went to see >> if anyone has noticed it on gentoo.org. > install the gcc-porting and toolchain overlays. Have fun. Or feel the > pain. look at this first: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249226 Thanks for the link. I'm usually quite early-bird about installing new gccs and compiling what parts of the system I can with them, using gcc- config to switch back to older gccs when necessary. However, I've not been quite as anxious to try it this time, in part because I got the impression (based on the upstream porting guidelines) that there's a bit more ABI incompatibility this time around such that packages that I can't yet build with 4.4 might quit working with no recourse but to revert to 4.3 for the entire system. That extra hassle on top of the fact that amd64 is well enough supported now that the improvements between versions isn't as dramatic as it was for awhile, more the incremental improvements with mature gcc support normally get with a version bump, lowers the personal urgency level significantly for me. However, I now have a nice convenient bug bookmarked to go look at to check status, when I do decide I want to try it, as I'm relatively likely to do well before it gets unmasked to ~arch. So indeed, thanks. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
