[bug#32953] [PATCH core-updates-next 0/8] Use GCC7 as the default compiler.

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi Marius!

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> skribis:

> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Guix,
>>
>> Here are patches that allow building the world with GCC7.
>>
>> The cross-toolchain and bootstrap tarballs need more work, but native
>> x86_64 at least is largely fine.
>>
>> Marius Bakke (8):
>>   gnu: Remove gcc-for-libstdc++.
>>   gnu: libstdc++-boot0: Improve gcc-wrapper workaround.
>>   gnu: gcc-boot0: Improve gcc-wrapper workarounds.
>>   gnu: Remove duplicate linux-libre-headers package from bootstrap
>>     inputs.
>>   gnu: Use GCC 7 as the default compiler.
>>   gnu: python: Fix FTBFS with GCC >= 6.
>>   gnu: cmake: Try CPATH and C_INCLUDE_PATH when finding system
>>     libraries.
>>   gnu: cppunit: Update to 1.14.0.
>
> I've pushed these to 'wip-gcc7' on Savannah for easier access:
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?h=wip-gcc7

I haven’t tested the patch set but I concur with Danny, they LGTM.

Now would be a good time to rebase them on ‘core-updates’ and to merge
them so we get enough time to test and fix things.  Would you like to do
that?

Thanks!

Ludo’.