On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > Is there anyone actively working on changing Sage's source so it builds with > gcc > 3.4.x? > > Is there any point in trying, given the 3.4 series is so old and newer > releases > of gcc are readily available on any platform? > > 'prereq' will exit for gcc older than 3.4.0 and also for the buggy 4.0.0, but > for 3.4.x it will just issue a warning. > > I see 3 problems with this myself. > > 1) The warning flies past so quickly on a fast machine, you would have to be > very eagle-eyed to see it. > > 2) I doubt anyone is trying to fix 3.4 series issues. > > 3) Solaris does ship with gcc 3.4.3, which means someone can start the build, > even though it will ultimately fail. > > I'd propose I simply update prereq to simply exit for any gcc < 4.0.1. >
Exit, but with a message about setting a specific environment variable that will allow the build to continue. We should *definitely, definitely* not shut the possibility of supporting 3.4, just because nobody is currently fixing ratpoints. -- William -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
