[llvm-dev] [RFC] Increase minimum supported GCC version for building LLVM to 4.8

[Renato Golin via llvm-dev]

They're all similar in features support.

The long range of dates is just because they're better at long term support
than we are. :-)

Different distros will have different dot versions, but they are
essentially the same for our purposes (c++ support).

Cheers,
Renato

On 13 Oct 2016 12:59 a.m., "Pete Cooper via llvm-dev" <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> +1 from me.
>
> But which version of 4.8.x?  4.8.0 was released in March 2013 while 4.8.5
> is June 2015 (see https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html)
>
> Thats an awfully long time between those dates, so i can’t imagine
> everyone being on 4.8.5, but shouldn’t we aim for the highest possible one
> if we’re bumping versions anyway?
>
> Looking at Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (http://packages.ubuntu.com/
> search?keywords=gcc-4.8), appears that 4.8.4 is available for many
> platforms, so if possible that might be a good version to do.
>
> Cheers,
> Pete
>
> On Oct 12, 2016, at 4:28 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 03:51:07PM -0700, Teresa Johnson via llvm-dev
> wrote:
>
> According to the documentation at
> http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#software, compiling LLVM with GCC
> requires at least version 4.7.0. However, there are apparently several
> problems building current LLVM/Clang with gcc 4.7.X. This proposal is to
> increase the minimum required GCC to 4.8.
>
>
> Fine with me.
>
> Joerg
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