On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 05:42:22PM +0100, Iain Buclaw wrote: > On 9 May 2012 17:35, H. S. Teoh <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > > On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 04:58:40PM +0100, Iain Buclaw wrote: > >> On 9 May 2012 16:56, H. S. Teoh <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > >> > I'm using Debian's gdc-4.6 (4.6.3-1). Is that the latest? > >> > > >> > >> It's the latest in Debian, but as already said - outrageously > >> outdated from the current development branch. > > [...] > > > > I see. Is there anything that I can help with? I do have upload > > privileges to the Debian queue. I don't know if I'd be stepping on > > the toes of the GCC maintainers though (I assume gdc would be under > > their umbrella?). > > > > Not at all - infact, I've had Matthias informing me every step of the > way where GCC has got to (a gentle hint that I'm being chased to > update the build package).
Sorry I didn't quite understand you, so it's OK for me to upload gdc independently of the GCC team then? > If you need his details, I'd be happy to pass them onto you and give > you a rundown of how the 4.6 debian build is structured - the package > in debian will float down to ubuntu in due course over the next > release. [...] I'd like to know how to build the latest gdc from source, even if just for my personal use (I just ran into a nasty 64-bit bug in dmd, but my current outdated version of gdc doesn't support the new std.regex which I need, so I'm stuck). I can also upload the package if that would help move things along on this front. Thanks for all your work on gdc!! T -- "Holy war is an oxymoron." -- Lazarus Long