On Wednesday, 11 March 2015 10:54:59 UTC, bo...@mozilla.com wrote: > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 5:06:31 PM UTC, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > > >> Here's a push in case the bugs don't exist in certain builds: > > >> https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=044e896fc6fa > > > > > > I was looking at the log for a B2G Device Image build (I think it > > > was the one for Nexus 5-L) a few days (less than a week) ago, and it > > > was using gcc 4.8 for the target and gcc 4.6 for the host (assuming > > > I was reading the logs correctly). > > > > > > I point this out because: > > > > > > (1) the device image build isn't in that try run, and > > > > > > (2) it's not clear to me that the compiler version checks check > > > both the target and host compiler versions when cross-compiling > > > > That's a good point. I don't think we have any checks for the host > > compiler. > > I'll admit to knowing nothing about B2G Device Image builds, but I see that > setting the default host compiler is in the instructions on the MDN B2G build > instructions [1]. > What are the reasons for this? > The Firefox OS instructions [2] seem to suggest this is only needed for older > versions of B2G. > Are there automated Device Image builders that we will need to get updated? > Do we need to inform partners, who might be using gcc-4.6? > > Am I right in thinking that B2G only currently uses up to Gecko 37? > This may explain why we haven't seen a problem, but we might start seeing one > since a merge a week ago. > If we do a patch (for bug 1134487) is on mozilla-inbound and has been > requested for uplift to beta. > > [1] > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Preparing_for_your_first_B2G_build > [2] > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites
This thread seems to have got de-railed somewhat. Could someone help me with my questions above? Thanks. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
