On Tuesday 01 Aug 2017 16:00:07 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 01/08/2017 15:55, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > On 2017-08-01, Mart Raudsepp <l...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> Everyone is expected to be on at least GCC 5 now.
> > 
> > OK, next dumb question:
> > 
> > There are 11 versions marked as stable for amd64.  How does one find
> > out which version of GCC one is "expected to be on"?

I can only see three versions marked as stable on the main portage tree, two 
of them being GCC 4 leaving one 5.4.0-r3 as the obvious candidate.  The 
remaining are Masked, or testing:

~ $ eshowkw sys-devel/gcc
Keywords for sys-devel/gcc:
              |                                 |   u        |  
              | a a         p s   a     n r     |   n        |  
              | l m   h i   p p   r m m i i s   | e u s      | r
              | p d a p a p c a x m i 6 o s 3   | a s l      | e
              | h 6 r p 6 p 6 r 8 6 p 8 s c 9 s | p e o      | p
              | a 4 m a 4 c 4 c 6 4 s k 2 v 0 h | i d t      | o
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
[M]2.95.3-r10 | ~ o o o o ~ o ~ ~ o o o o o o o | 5 o 2.95.3 | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]3.3.6-r1  | o ~ o o o o o o ~ o o o o o o o | 5 o 3.3.6  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]3.4.6-r2  | + + + * ~ + + + + * ~ * * * ~ ~ | 5 o 3.4.6  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.0.4     | o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | 5 o 4.0.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.1.2     | + + + + + + + + + * ~ ~ * * ~ ~ | 5 o 4.1.2  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.2.4-r1  | ~ ~ ~ + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o ~ o o o o | 5 o 4.2.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.3.6-r1  | + + + - + + + + + o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 5 o 4.3.6  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.4.7     | + + + + + + + + + o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 5 o 4.4.7  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.5.4     | + + + + + + + + + o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 5 o 4.5.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.6.4     | + + + + + + + + + o ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 5 o 4.6.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.7.4     | + + + + + + + + + o ~ + o o + + | 4 o 4.7.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
 [M]4.8.5     | + + + + + + + + + + ~ + o o + + | 4 o 4.8.5  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
    4.9.3     | + + + + + + + + + + ~ + o o + + | 4 o 4.9.3  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
    4.9.4     | + + + + + + + + + + ~ + o o + + | 5 o 4.9.4  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
    5.4.0     | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 4 # 5.4.0  | gentoo
 [I]5.4.0-r3  | + + + + + + + ~ + + ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 4 o        | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
    6.3.0     | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o o ~ ~ | 4 o 6.3.0  | gentoo
--------------+---------------------------------+------------+-------
    7.1.0-r1  | o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o | 5 o 7.1.0  | gentoo


> Any version of gcc that is at least version 5 ..... ?

Yes, go for 5.4.0-r3 which is what I am running here and it compiled Chromium 
fine, although these days takes Chromium ages to emerge.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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