> > > As you'll notice, there will be lots more packages
bumped for the rebase
> > > to gcc. Most completed today, but we'll be working through a list of
> > > failures over the next couple days. Things will still be in a bit of
> > > flux, but we're working on it.
> > >
> > > Java is still being worked on too. Getting the java stack built with
> > > gcj is a great accomplishment and I really respect our java and gcj team
> > > for putting in the work to further the free java. Please bare with us
> > > as we finalize the development changes necessary to accomplish this
> > > task.
> >
> > Does the new GCC introduce any run-time/ABI breakage which requires
> > packages in Fedora Extras Development to be rebuilt? Or does it only
> > reveal problematic source code?
>
> I think all the extras need to be rebuilt for this. I know seahorse
> for one needs it (and may need some fixes).
AFAIK, seahorse was affected by SONAME changes in some of its
dependencies, which made a rebuild necessary. That was a change not
related to the GCC upgrade. My question is not about ordinary breakage
through upgrades of dependencies.
Yes, I think that's true but I also think there is some gcc41 rebuild
issues with it too (well there seems to be when I just try to rebuild
the srpm. I think the binaries produced by gcc 4 and 4.1 are
compatible so most things won't need to be rebuilt, but then its
probably good for them to be rebuilt too.
Pete