Re: avr-gcc: why such an outdated gcc?

2018-05-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:53:56PM -0700, Jeremy Elson wrote: > Hi! I develop AVR microcontroller code using Ubuntu. I just upgraded to > Bionic and noticed that the avr-gcc version is still gcc 5.4.0, which is > nearly three years old. I'm curious, is there a reason the AVR > cross-compiler is

avr-gcc: why such an outdated gcc?

2018-05-13 Thread Jeremy Elson
Hi! I develop AVR microcontroller code using Ubuntu. I just upgraded to Bionic and noticed that the avr-gcc version is still gcc 5.4.0, which is nearly three years old. I'm curious, is there a reason the AVR cross-compiler is being held back, instead of using a more modern version of gcc? The