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Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] Remove __need macros from errno.h (__need_Emath,
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To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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On 05/11/2017 05:42 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Mai 11 2017, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> 
>> * Requiring GCC 5 as minimum GCC version for building glibc on the basis
>> of what's maintained upstream (though that's more aggressive than we've
>> previously been on increasing GCC version requirements).  (Versions before
>> 4.9 don't work with build-many-glibcs.py anyway.)
> 
> openSUSE Leap 42.2 (aka SLE 12) has gcc 4.8 as the system compiler.

Is it possible to use the Toolchain Module to get a newer GCC version?

On our side, we have Developer Toolset (DTS) with newer GCC and binutils 
versions.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is at GCC 4.8, too, but enabling 
DTS wouldn't be too cumbersome, I think.

Thanks,
Florian