Bug#533796: texlive-bin: non-standard gcc/g++ used for build (gcc-4.2)
Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> wrote:
> On 30.06.09 Riku Voipio (riku.voipio@iki.fi) wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 07:11:46PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> > > We got #533796, cause we build texlive-bin on armel using gcc
>> > > 4.2 instead of 4.3. This was once done cause of a bug in gcc
>> > > 4.3 (see #483939). Do you know if the problem is solved in
>> > > recent gcc versions? Also could you drop us a note if the
>> > > mentioned bug was reported to the DBTS and which # it is?
>>
>> > Sorry, I don't know. I'm CCing one of the armel porters, in case
>> > he's aware what bug was causing texlive-bin to FTBFS on that
>> > architecture back in the day
>>
>> A quick test shows that texlive-bin still FTBFS's with gcc-4.3, but
>> builds fine with gcc-4.4. You could switch from to gcc-4.4 on
>> armel for now, and drop the special case when gcc-4.4 becomes the
>> default compiler.
>>
> Thanks for testing!
>
> We could fix it in the next upload, fix should be similar to commit
> r3398. Norbert, should I do so?
Yes, I suggest to go ahead.
Regards, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg
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