I did a large computation on a redhat application server 1 1/2 years ago and I was very happy that I could just compile gcc to replace the version 4.x. There where a couple of problems though, but all of them could be resolved. I can't reproduce this however, as those people have thankfully provided gcc 10.2.0 in the meantime.
It's -1 from my side unless: - there is a tool that allows installling gcc (or a tested compiler) without root privileges, - it's well-documented and whatever the instructions, also a non-advanced person can follow it, - there is still support for the issues with that (it doesn't have to be from our community) In general, I think it is a good idea to join forces. If there is a community/tool that deals with these kind of issues already, we could invest our resources in other things. Sidenote: I also think that administrators in universities etc. should provide a decent compiler, but I don't think we are going to change this. Our university network provides you a bunch of gcc versions and this makes life a lot easier for everyone. Matthias Koeppe schrieb am Freitag, 25. Juni 2021 um 03:59:20 UTC+2: > On Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 4:24:10 PM UTC-7 Michael Orlitzky wrote: > >> On Thu, 2021-06-24 at 15:54 -0700, Volker Braun wrote: >> > What about replacing gcc with a script that installs the conda >> toolchain >> > automatically. The distro gcc currently does not work for me, so its >> not >> > THAT rare to get into problems. On the other hard, installing conda is >> more >> > likely to work than compiling gcc from scratch. >> >> What does Conda do that a gcc-10 deb/rpm can't do? >> > > It can be installed by unprivileged users. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/fcb07cc1-4a0c-422b-a7df-05e87215693dn%40googlegroups.com.
