On 2021/07/29 21:22, Pascal Stumpf wrote:
> From GCC 11 onward, the codebase will require C++11.  This poses a
> problem for our gcc4 architectures.  As discussed some years ago with
> sthen@, here's a very minimal port of gcc8, containing only C, C++ and a
> static libestdc++, installed under a different prefix, with the sole
> purpose of bootstrapping gcc>=11.  It will be used only in case we do
> not have an ada bootstrap available.
> 
> Tested on hppa and sparc64.  My alpha is too slow.

btw sparc64 is the only one of the GCC4_ARCHS that we actually build
packages for, 6.3 was the last release with the others.

Untested but it looks alright on a read through. OK with me. Couple of
small nits, "SEPARATE_BUILD = flavored" hasn't been supported for years,
and missing license marker (I know we all know what it is, but think
it makes sense to include),

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