Re: preparing the buildds for the switch to GCC 5
On 09/07/15 18:42, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as announced at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/07/msg00000.html
>
> I'm planning to do this switch on Jul 31. Fixes for the ftbfs are making
> progress, and I'll try to target that date.
>
> Instead of adding a versioned b-d for every package, I'll upload gcc-defaults
> and build-essential packages with build-essential dependening on g++ (>= 4:5.1).
> Then I have to make sure that the new build-essential is installed on the
> buildds. Christoph Egger suggested to contact the buildd admins to make this
> change, and find some builddadm to any remaining buildds.
I have heard that the chroots are autogenerated rather than upgraded these days.
So perhaps it's just a matter of running the script that autogenerates them. Not
sure about the details though.
Cheers,
Emilio
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