Re: avr-gcc: why such an outdated gcc?

[Steve Langasek]

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:53:56PM -0700, Jeremy Elson wrote:
> Hi! I develop AVR microcontroller code using Ubuntu. I just upgraded to
> Bionic and noticed that the avr-gcc version is still gcc 5.4.0, which is
> nearly three years old. I'm curious, is there a reason the AVR
> cross-compiler is being held back, instead of using a more modern version
> of gcc? The release notes to gcc indicate they're making improvements to
> the AVR back-end fairly regularly.

This package in Ubuntu is synced from Debian.  You would want to talk to the
Debian maintainer about this: Hakan Ardo 

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avr-gcc: why such an outdated gcc?

[Jeremy Elson]

Hi! I develop AVR microcontroller code using Ubuntu. I just upgraded to
Bionic and noticed that the avr-gcc version is still gcc 5.4.0, which is
nearly three years old. I'm curious, is there a reason the AVR
cross-compiler is being held back, instead of using a more modern version
of gcc? The release notes to gcc indicate they're making improvements to
the AVR back-end fairly regularly.

Regards,
-Jeremy
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