[OpenIndiana-discuss] Old(er) GCC packages removal

[Marcel Telka]

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 04:51:42PM +0100, Predrag Zečević via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> currently I have these (OI updated today):
> 
> :; pkg list | grep gcc
> developer/gcc-10                                  10.5.0-2023.0.0.1     i--
> developer/gcc-12                                  12.3.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> developer/gcc-13                                  13.2.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> developer/gcc-7                                   7.5.0-2020.0.1.9     i--
> system/library/gcc-10-runtime                     10.5.0-2023.0.0.1     i--
> system/library/gcc-12-runtime                     12.3.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> system/library/gcc-13-runtime                     13.2.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> system/library/gcc-7-runtime                      7.5.0-2020.0.1.9     i--
> system/library/gccgo-10-runtime                   10.5.0-2023.0.0.1     i--
> system/library/gccgo-12-runtime                   12.3.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> system/library/gccgo-13-runtime                   13.2.0-2023.0.0.3     i--
> 
> So, wanted to get rid of old ones, because:

... snip ...

> Is it too early for clean-up?

Yes.


Reasons why we cannot or should not obsolete varius gcc versions:

illumos-gcc - at least one userland component is built using it
gcc-3 - runtime dependency for one ancient package
gcc-7 - shadow compiler for illumos-gate
gcc-10 - primary compiler for illumos-gate; at least three userland
	components are still built using it
gcc-11,12 - still supported versions, no need to obsolete them
gcc-11 - at least one userland component is built using it
gcc-12 - at least one userland component is built using it


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