Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 05:18:54 -0400, covici wrote:
>
> > Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > I can't even emerge gcc-5.2.0 because of missing keyword, as of a sync
> > of yesterday, so what is happening with that?
>
> The ebuild currently doesn't have any keywords, so enable them:
>
> $grep gcc /etc/portage/profile/package.accept_keywords
> >=sys-devel/gcc-5.2.0 ** (or your specific arch instead of **)
But why do they have no keywords? Does this mean the package is not
ready for prime time or much else?
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