Hi Chris, On Tue, 09 Mar 2021 at 10:17, Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> wrote: > zimoun <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Is it doable to have core-updates merged in the next weeks? Or not at >> all. > > Do we plan to upgrade GCC? This is required for the powerpc64le-linux > port; see below for details.
You mean replace gcc-7 by gcc-8 or greater, right? It implies a core-updates merge, right? > The wip-ppc64le branch, which ports Guix to an architecture that can be > run on freedom-friendly POWER9 systems like the Talos II and Blackbird > from Raptor Computing Systems, is "almost" done, and I would really like > to try to get it into the next release if possible. Could be cool! > However, there is still some work to do, and I wouldn't necessarily want > to block the release just for sake of the powerpc64le-linux port. > > In fact, the wip-ppc64le branch was "fully functional" for a little > while. By "fully functional," I mean that "make check" succeeded, "make > guix-binary.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz" succeeded, the resulting binary > could be installed on a fresh Debian ppc64le system, the binary could > successfully build and run GNU Hello, and the binary could successfully > run "guix pull", and the newly installed "guix pull" could do the same. > > However, that was using glibc 2.31. On core-updates, glibc has been > updated to 2.32, which unfortunately breaks wip-ppc64le. To fix it, we > must upgrade GCC from 7 to 8 (or greater), and that is what we have done > on the wip-ppc64le branch (upgrade GCC to 8). Currently, we are working > through build failures that occurred as a result, but I'm optimistic that > we can resolve those in the coming weeks. Thanks for the explanations. > The real question, I think, is when do we plan to upgrade GCC on > core-updates? It's still on GCC 7.5.0. The powerpc64le-linux port will > require GCC 8 or greater, since core-updates is now using glibc 2.32. Does it make sense to merge wip-ppc64le and core-updates? Cheers, simon
