On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:01:50 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 08/10/2015 05:29:04 PM, James wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Just for grins, I'm thinking about installing a gentoo system >> that is (~) testing and newer codes and setting gcc-.5.2 as the >> default compiler. Anyone doing this yet? Will it mostly work >> or should I wait? Workstation with lxqt-0.9x. > > I don't use lxqt here, but ... > I'm using gcc-5.2.0 very successfully here. I am not aware of a single > package which doesn't compile with this version. > And the kernel itself compiles just fine (currentlich running 4.2.0-rc6 > compiled with gcc-5.2.0)
+1 I just updated all my ~amd64 multilib systems to 5.2 and everything still works without a hitch, including acroread & skype. 4.9.3 is gone. :) > One caveat though when upgrading a system which has been built with gcc-x for > x < 5. > The (pure) C++ libraries aren't compatible with older versions so that all > packages which link to > libstdc++ or libsupc++ have to be rebuilt. Packages which just use C aren't > effected at all. Interestingly I didn't have to rebuild anything (yet), which I find surprising given the changes in the ABI and std::string. I expected at least a few problems, but so far - nothing. -h
