https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70735
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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CC| |allan at archlinux dot org
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #4)
> (In reply to Paolo Monteverde from comment #2)
> > Sorry, on Ubuntu the version is actually 5.3.1, but on Arch is 5.3.0, as far
> > as I can see.
>
> Unfortunately you are being misled by Arch lying.
>
> > gcc -v on Arch
> >
> > Using built-in specs.
> > COLLECT_GCC=gcc
> > COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/5.3.0/lto-wrapper
> > Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> > Configured with: /build/gcc-multilib/src/gcc-5-20160209/configure
>
> This shows that Arch is using a snapshot from the gcc-5-branch on 20160209,
> which means it's 5.3.1, but they lie and call it 5.3.0 for some annoying
> reason.
Allan, why does Arch do this?
The upstream numbering scheme used since gcc 5 means that we can distinguish
official releases from snapshots between releases, but Arch breaks that. Why?
