02.07.2013, 14:14, "Ziller Eike" <[email protected]>: > On 02.07.2013, at 11:22, Peter Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > > Hi, > >> While trying the beta of 2.8 on Linux 64, I notice it now needs a >> libstdc++ for g++ 4.6 or greater. >> >> This is slightly annoying, as for platforms like RHEL / CentOS 6.4, they >> come with g++ 4.4, so it's not possible to run Qt Creator 2.8 without >> building a new g++ from source using either setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH >> to the newer libstdc++ location, or symb-linking it. >> >> Was this decision by design? > > Qt Creator 2.7 packages were built on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. > Qt Creator 2.8 packages are built on Ubuntu 11.10, which puts it in line with > the Qt 5 packages. > (And also support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS has ended in May this year.)
What is the point of binary packages if they don't work on reasonably modern distros? Why not build on CentOS 6.x instead? > >> Does Qt Creator need to be built with g++ >> 4.6 or above for say newer C++ features? > > No. You should have no problems building Qt Creator yourself. > > Br, Eike > > -- > Eike Ziller, Senior Software Engineer - Digia, Qt > > Digia Germany GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin > Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Anja Wasenius > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, > HRB 144331 B > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
