[oi-dev] Compiler migration #2

[Lou Picciano]

Adam,

Tks for your hard work here. Have not yet had an oppty to review specifics, but...

During our last threaten-to-publish-a-repo episode, I'd put some work into these build tools as well. Specifically, was in extensive dialog with the authors to remediate various errors from automake test suites. Believe I put up the submission - on our issues list(?) - which included patches. In addition, in another email/submission to the list, I'd referenced results of these tests - for virtually everything in oi-build at that point. 

I think we should be trying to use at least the best parts(?) of our earlier attempts at process in order to ease the way forward - are we using the issues list any more?

Specifically, I'd done a lot of work on patching and packaging automake - these were virtually ready-to-go at that point; may be due a version bump by now. I'd like that work to not be lost now.

I also feel that we should be sticking with Rich Lowe's Illumos-specific bump to gcc; we have to get through the growing pains of figuring out how best to make it all 'hang together'. From there, the version bump to newer gccs should be much easier.
 
(Glad to see there is a core group of us here still quite interested in OI's future...)

Regards,

Lou Picciano

----- Original Message -----
From: adam stevko <adam.stevko at gmail.com>
To: OpenIndiana Developer mailing list <oi-dev at openindiana.org>
Sent: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:03:46 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [oi-dev] Compiler migration #2


    
        Bumping for reviews.
    
AdamOn Saturday, 26 January 2013 at 17:14, Gordon Ross wrote:I'm pretty sure some distros would like the consistency ofusing the same gcc version the OS uses.  (Just for theconvenience.  I know they don't need to be the same.)
Gordon
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Adam Števko <adam.stevko at gmail.com> wrote: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 straightto 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 versionspecific 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
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