On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:13 PM, David Edelsohn <dje....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Diego Novillo <dnovi...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> We would like to start the process to make GCC 4.8 build in C++ mode by
>> default.
>>
>> The mechanics of the change are simple enough.  I volunteer to test changing
>> the default on all primary targets (assuming I can get them from the GCC
>> build farm).
>
> I appreciate the motivation, but this may cause major problems on
> non-GNU/Linux platforms.  Testing on all primary targets is not
> enough.
>
> Do you expect GCC to be able to bootstrap starting from a vendor C++
> compiler or will this require G++?
I would expect that we use C++03, and any C++ compiler.

> What is the earliest release of G++ that will allow GCC to bootstrap?

Any G++ from the last five years should be good.

-- Gaby

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