Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> writes: >> What is the earliest release of G++ that will allow GCC to bootstrap? > > Another thing that is worth testing. Right now I would anticipate that > even fairly old releases of G++ can bootstrap GCC. However, we will > need to decide what old release we want to ensure works.
4.2 at the latest might be a good idea, given its continued widespread use in "scared of the GPL3"[*] communities (*BSD, the pre-clang llvm frontend, the pathscale/path64 compiler frontend, etc)... [*] stronger language omitted for diplomatic reasons -miles -- Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.
