On 08/22/2016 10:26 PM, David Malcolm wrote: > it has no problems, whereas with the default for gcc 5 and earlier: > > $ gcc -c test.cc -std=gnu++98 > test.cc:3:15: warning: non-static data member initializers only > available with -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11 > int field = 42; > ^~ > > So it's probably worth attempting to bootstrap with an older gcc as the > starting compiler.
I believe that only stage 1 is built with -std=gnu++98 forced, and also stage 1 is built without -Werror, so I think you'd need to start with a compiler that predates support for that construct, not just one that predates the flip of the default. Thanks, Pedro Alves
