sunrat Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 GCC5 is the recently released new version of the Linux compiler. A vast number of packages need to be rebuilt to be compatible. This must be the biggest transition I have seen in my time of using Linux. Debian Sid and siduction users are having to hold off on upgrades presently, and probably for months. How are other rolling-release distros handling this? [ACHTUNG! URGENT!] GCC 5 TRANSITION, DO NOT DIST-UPGRADE or keep the pieces https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/libstdc++6.html Quote
securitybreach Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Um. we got that on Arch a long while back: core/gcc 5.2.0-2 (base-devel) The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends Quote
securitybreach Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Err back in Feburary of 2015: GCC 5 is coming with a massive rebuild BTW it went very smoothly on Arch Quote
sunrat Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 Finding it hard to believe Debian development would be so far behind Arch, I had to delve into this further. I don't understand much of this but it seems GCC5 was released with dual ABI compatibility and packages could be built using either. I think the current Debian transition is to rebuild all packages to use the new ABI. Quote
securitybreach Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 Well gcc 5.2 was released in July: https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-5/ Quote
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