On 12/25/2014 10:23 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Matthias Klose, le Thu 25 Dec 2014 10:17:19 +0100, a écrit : >> On 12/25/2014 10:09 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>> Matthias Klose, le Thu 25 Dec 2014 08:42:05 +0100, a écrit : >>>> please remove the upper dependency on a specific gcc package version. I >>>> can't >>>> see a reason why the package shouldn't work with GCC 4.8.3, but not with >>>> GCC >>>> 4.8.4. The dependency on the major gcc version is already there. >>> >>> Because the plugin ABI compatibility is not guaranteed between versions >>> of gcc. A mere binNMU is needed to fix this. >> >> in this case, how do you guarantee this when updates from the branch are >> taken? > > By hoping that branch updates do not break the ABI. > What do you propose instead?
well, first I would like to understand why you think that a subminor version bump breaks the ABI. >> so you would have to depend on the exact version that the package is built >> with, which then again might be too tight. > > Yes. Until gcc provides some more relaxes guarantees over plugin ABI, > it'll be difficult. > > The only alternative I can see is dropping the support for gcc plugins > in Debian. I'm not suggesting that. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
