I'm pretty sure some distros would like the consistency of using the same gcc version the OS uses. (Just for the convenience. I know they don't need to be the same.)
Gordon On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Adam Števko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Peter Tribble <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Adam, >> >> Just one question - why gcc44? In other words, why not jump straight >> to gcc 4.7? >> > Getting new compiler into oi-build would be nice, but it doesn't solve the > problem with migrating stuff away from Sun Studio. Once, we are sure, that > everything is buildable by GCC 4.4 (which we have already packaged), I have > no doubt that transitioning to newer GCC painless. Correct me if I am wrong. > >> Yes, I know that Illumos has 4.4.4, but that's a custom version >> specific to building Illumos. I think SmartOS has gone to 4.7, >> and for Tribblix I went straight to 4.7.2. > As I said, I am using GCC 4.4 because it is available. > > Cheers, > > Adam > >> -- >> -Peter Tribble >> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> oi-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev -- Gordon Ross <[email protected]> Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com Enterprise class storage for everyone _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
