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Re: C++ conversion: an observation about minimum compiler version
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Thierry Moreau <thierry dot moreau at connotech dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 20:58:50 +0000
- Subject: Re: C++ conversion: an observation about minimum compiler version
- References: <5134FD06.3000006@connotech.com>
On 4 March 2013 19:59, Thierry Moreau wrote:
>
> The observation is *if* the gcc source code has some C++ depency(ies) which
> similarly needs say version>=4.7 and a machine has only gcc 4.4 installed,
> then migrating to e.g. gcc 5.3 requires installing v.X, (4.7 <= X <
> first-version-that-can't-be-compiled-without-C++).
Currently building GCC doesn't require anything newer than GCC 3.4,
which is sufficiently ancient that it shouldn't be a problem for most
people. This is documented at
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html