Bug#811656: FTBFS with GCC 6: cannot convert x to y

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

[ Note: This is now fixed in unstable, it was a lot easier than I expected ]

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Matthias Klose wrote:

> Control: severity -1 serious
> 
> > I don't know how to fix this, so I just made a QA upload that makes
> > the package to use GCC 5. This should make the bug not to be RC for
> > stretch.
> 
> no, gcc-5 is targeted for removal for stretch.

Ok, removing gcc-4.9 and gcc-5 is in your roadmap as I read here:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/06/msg00007.html

But then, I'm curious: Why do you still update gcc-4.9 in unstable?
(Like the recent 4.9.4 release).

For snapshot.debian.org?
For Debian derivatives?

Thanks.