On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Allan McRae <al...@archlinux.org> wrote: > Andreas Radke wrote: >> >> Am Mon, 04 May 2009 23:54:15 +1000 >> schrieb Allan McRae <al...@archlinux.org>: >> >> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Signoffs are needed for the toolchain gcc-4.4.0 rebuild. This >>> involves the following packages >>> >>> gcc{,-libs}-4.4.0-1 >>> glibc-2.9-7 >>> bintuils-2.9-7 >>> kernel-headers-2.6.29.1-1 >>> >>> and two new deps for gcc: >>> >>> ppl-0.10.2-2 >>> cloog-ppl-0.15.3-1 >>> >>> >>> I was going to wait until glibc-2.10 arrived at the end of the week >>> to give people time to find fixes for gcc-4.4 issues but there are >>> issues with C++ programs compiled with gcc-4.4 running against (or to >>> be more precise, not running with) the gcc-4.3 libs. So not moving >>> the toolchain would probably block KDE from moving from [testing]. >>> Also, Fedora has done their rebuild using gcc-4.4 for F11 so patches >>> should be available for any problems encountered. >>> >>> Allan >>> >>> >>> >> >> Urgh. >> >> Please until I've built all OpenOffice packages for the new release. >> They would require massive patching that is not included so far in >> go-oo and the vanilla one. It would take me dozens of hours to start >> build and wait for breakers one by one :S >> >> > > Sure, give me a ping when you are done. > >> So please wait a few more days. I hope to build and upload final 3.1.0 >> packages within the next 2 or 3 days. >> >> Oh, and shouldn't we rebuild kernel and all modules? Afair we did so >> with gcc4.3. >> > > We should probably wait until glibc-2.10 is released (probably on Friday) > and use that toolchain rebuild.
Although if the kernel is using or linking to glibc, we have a problem. Or we are doing something revolutionary. :) I would say wait until 2.6.29.3 comes out and just do the rebuild then (of the kernel and modules). -Dan