commit: 05a9d68615c60c4d524a193a32a30c9cdf551516 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat May 20 21:02:53 2017 +0000 Commit: Andreas Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun May 21 16:32:14 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=05a9d686
package.mask: Mask old GCC versions (< 4.9) profiles/package.mask | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask index 2e5b76bc249..55efc5628ff 100644 --- a/profiles/package.mask +++ b/profiles/package.mask @@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ #--- END OF EXAMPLES --- +# Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org>, Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfri...@gentoo.org>, +# Matthias Maier <tam...@gentoo.org> (21 May 2017) +# Those old versions of GCC are no longer really supported and are not +# suitable for use as a system-wide compiler. Using them can result +# in build failures (and possible breakage) for many packages. +# +# If you still use one of these as your system compiler, please upgrade +# and switch the compiler ASAP. If you need them for a specific (isolated) +# use case, feel free to unmask them on your system. +<sys-devel/gcc-4.9 + # Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> (20 May 2017) # Old versions of CUDA and their reverse dependencies. They do not # support GCC 4.9+, and are really old.
