On 20 April 2017 at 08:05, Jens Bauer via D.gnu <d.gnu@puremagic.com> wrote: > I just started building GDC-5, so I figured I'd use GCC-5.1.0 (for easy > transition from 4.9). > > It turns out that GDC-5 will not build; the file ... > > gcc/d/d-lang.cc > > ... fails on this line ... > > 3c59416a gcc/d/d-lang.cc 2016-10-29 00:51:04 +0200 1517) > debug_hooks->register_main_translation_unit (global_context); > > ... because register_main_translation_unit is not a member of > gcc_debug_hooks. > I've found out that this member was first seen in GCC-5.2.0. > > Note: I'm now attempting to build GDC-5.2.0.
I'm not so sure such a change would happen in a minor release. But in any case I'd say it can't be assumed that a version branch will work with anything except the latest release in that series.
