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"stable" version bootstrapping
- From: Thorsten Glaser <tg at mirbsd dot de>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 09:08:54 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: "stable" version bootstrapping
Hi,
the GCC wiki says:
âWe will periodically pick a stable version of GCC, and require that that
version of GCC be able to build all versions of GCC up to and including
the next stable version. E.g., we may decide that all newer versions of
GCC should be buildable with GCC 4.3.5.â
Which version has currently been picked, and where can such information
reliably (thinking of a permanent weblink) be found?
Background to this question is that MirBSD might be transitioning to use
pcc in the base system instead of the old GCC 3.4, and thus will need a
series of bootstrap/stable compilers ported in order to be able to build
the modern C++ beasts (LLVM/Clang and GCC 4.8 and up), so Iâd like to know
which version(s) I should pick, since pcc is C-only.
(Also, general curiosity. This information might also be of interest and
possibly value to other porters to minority operating environments such
as FreeMiNT, the other BSDs, etc.)
Thanks in advance,
//mirabilos