On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 at 21:55, Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > > Greetings! > > Cygwin gcc is currently stuck at version 11.4: > $ gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 11.4.0 > > I would politely request an urgent update to GCC 13.3 (not 14.1, 13.3 > is considered mature), as 11.4 causes severe problems: > 1. Securly updates in the STL are not available in Cygwin > 2. Everything relying on C++17, e.g. std::pmr::polymorphic_allocator, > does not work > 3. Qt6 is not portable to Cygwin, which has a severe impact >
I'd agree that newer gcc 13.x to compile Cygwin and as /usr/bin/gcc would be a very good idea, not only for performance+STL fixes, but also since by default the Cygwin distro lacks C++17 support, which VS Studio has since VS 19. Ced -- Cedric Blancher <cedric.blanc...@gmail.com> [https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/] Institute Pasteur -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
