[oi-dev] Compiler migration #2

[Luca De Pandis]

I think it would be better to use, for now, a specific version of GCC for 
Illumos development (4.4.4) and a later version of that for userland tools and 
other stuff.

Basically, it's the same concept that Illumos and OI have now: GCC 4.4.4 for 
the kernel and GCC 3.x for the rest.
But, instead of use a very very obsolete and (in most cases) useless version 
(some applications need a recent version of the compiler, i.e. aMule, GNUstep 
etc.), we could use one of the latest releases.

Solaris 11 ships with GCC 4.5 compiler/runtime in their publisher.
So, i think it's time to going forward also for Illumos and related 
distributions.

Maintaining an obsolete version of the compiler is not a good thing.



Best regards,
Luca De Pandis



In data sabato 26 gennaio 2013 13:59:40, Adam Števko ha scritto:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Adam,
> > 
> > Just one question - why gcc44? In other words, why not jump straight
> > to gcc 4.7?
> 
> Getting new compiler into oi-build would be nice, but it doesn't solve the
> problem with migrating stuff away from Sun Studio. Once, we are sure, that
> everything is buildable by GCC 4.4 (which we have already packaged), I have
> no doubt that transitioning to newer GCC painless. Correct me if I am
> wrong.
> > Yes, I know that Illumos has 4.4.4, but that's a custom version
> > specific to building Illumos. I think SmartOS has gone to 4.7,
> > and for Tribblix I went straight to 4.7.2.
> 
> As I said, I am using GCC 4.4  because it is available.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam