GNU bug report logs - #74676
[core-packages-team 5/5] DRAFT gnu: gcc: Update gcc, gcc-toolchain to 14.

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Reported by: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 74676 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 75517 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 75518 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#74676] bug#75518: Request for merging "core-packages-team" branch
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:49:53 +0100
Ludovic Courtès writes:

Hi!

> Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Cuirass says we're at 81% success rate for i686-linux and x86_64-linux,
>> and possibly my #74676, meant as an old style "please help with the
>> gcc-14 transition", should have been named "Request for merging" already
>> anyway.  Hard to keep up with all the changes but more formality is a
>> good thing I guess :)
>
> I’m testing the patch below to upgrade glibc to 2.40 (I’m at
> ‘gcc-mesboot-4.9.4’ so there are still quite a few hours before I get
> around to building glibc).

Oh, I didn't realise 2.40 was out already!

> I think we must upgrade glibc in this branch because (1) we want to get
> rid of this graft and more generally get the latest fixes, and (2) we
> cannot just ungraft since the graft uses ‘git-fetch’, which cannot be
> relied on in ‘commencement.scm’ (we still assume that
> ‘builtin:git-download’ may be unavailable, and when it’s unavailable, we
> have a circular dependency).
>
> Thoughts?

That would be lovely, especially if it builds :)

Greetings,
Janneke

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