From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: GCC bootstrap failure on ARM Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:24:28 -0400 Message-ID: <87r39hc1kz.fsf@netris.org> References: <87h9dxukjm.fsf@gnu.org> <20160526165952.GA6576@solar> <87zirajjbk.fsf@gnu.org> <20160531193337.GA22008@solar> <87h9ddksi4.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <87ziqy3c4j.fsf@gnu.org> <87y43qu8yw.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53676) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbZJV-00006T-W5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:25:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbZJR-00007Y-Up for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:25:49 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:41687) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbZJR-00007T-RM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:25:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: (David Craven's message of "Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:44:51 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: David Craven Cc: Guix-devel David Craven writes: > I can help fixing package regressions if someone gets the ball > rolling. Is there a reason to upgrade to gcc 5 or does it make sense > to jump to gcc 6 directly? If I understand correctly most of the work > required for an update to gcc 5 has already been done? Until the bootstrapping problem on ARM is fixed, we can't do any of this. At the moment, that's blocking us from even updating to 4.9.4, nevermind 5 or 6. If you want to help us upgrade our default GCC, investigating that problem would be the best way. Mark