[arch-dev-public] gcc-4.7.1-5 rebuild

[Eric Bélanger]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> gcc-4.7 introduced some c++11 support, but unfortunately this resulted
> in a changed ABI for files compiled with c++98/03 support and those
> complied with c++11.  So, if a library used c++11 but linked to a
> library using c++98, there could be crashes due to incompatibilities
> between these.
>
> The gcc-4.7.1-5 package uses a snapshot with the needed patches to fix
> this issue.  However, c++11 code compiled with any earlier 4.7.x version
> possibly be incompatible with c++11 code compiled with gcc-4.7.1-5 and
> above and anything compiled with c++98/03.
>
> I have created a TODO list that includes everything linking to
> libstdc++.so and that was built since gcc-4.7.0 entered the repos.  It
> is a big list, but only software that used --std=c++11 when compiling
> need recompiled.  Look at your build output (you do keep the logs for
> future reference...) and decide if your package needs recompiled or not.
>
> More details:
> http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/gcc-47-c-abi-changes-and-opensuse-122.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/changes.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=a245605f
> http://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=74ca4097
>
> Allan

I noticed that you pushed the new gcc in the [testing] repo whereas
rebuilds are usually done in [staging]. Is that wanted? If so, does
the rebuilded packages go in [testing] repo?

Eric