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Re: Buildd's using really old packages



On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:25:50PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote:
> I noticed while verifying that the buildds weren't still using the buggy
> g++ 3.3.2-0pre4 that some are using 3.3.2-0pre1 which is 6 weeks old. Is
> there a particular reason some of the buildds are so out of date?

They must be manually updated from time to time, unless some package
build-depends on a more recent compiler than the one that is installed.

Also, in some circumstances, they are deliberately not updated if a
newer version of the toolchain is known to cause problems.

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