On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 10:31:20PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Brad Smith: > > > Please put this diff to switch to GCC 6 through a bulk build. > > (Full diff reproduced at the end of this message.) > > I can report these results after running a test build on amd64: > > * I don't know if this is expected, but something still pulls in > gcc/4.9. > > * lang/gprolog hung. > gplc -c --fast-math fd2c.pl > KILLED: build stuck at 47% frozen for 60mn > > * Some ports depending on devel/riscv-elf/gcc can't be built because > it conflicts with gcc/6,-libs: > /usr/local/lib/libcc1.la (gcc-libs-6.4.0p2 and riscv-elf-gcc-8.1.0p0) > /usr/local/lib/libcc1.so.0.0 (gcc-libs-6.4.0p2 and riscv-elf-gcc-8.1.0p0 > > * Some ports depending on devel/avr/gcc can't be built because it > conflicts with gcc/6,-libs: > /usr/local/lib/libcc1.la (gcc-libs-6.4.0p2 and avr-gcc-5.4.0p1) > /usr/local/lib/libcc1.so.0.0 (gcc-libs-6.4.0p2 and avr-gcc-5.4.0p1) > > (Obviously this implies that riscv-elf/gcc and avr/gcc already > conflict with each other. A known problem.) > > That's it on amd64. > > The much bigger question is how gcc6 will fare on the non-clang > archs that would use if for all C++ ports. In principle I agree > that gcc4.9 is too old and a new compiler will be required for newer > C++ code. In practice, I don't know who can take charge of this > change.
It all boils down to what we want to do with those archs. Right now, it takes ~3 weeks to produce a set of packages that are more or less useless when they reach the mirrors, as libraries in base have been bumped. So yes, i can put this diff in the next sparc64 & powerpc bulks, but given that we're still dealing with the fallout of the move to 4.9 for g++ (mariadb & aspell still being the ones that take out the most) i doubt that many people will actually look at the failures. I'm running the bulks, the results & failure logs are public, from that point anyone caring can have a look. I'm not going to be this anyone .. brad, since you're pushing for this diff, are you volunteering to take care of the fallout ? Landry
