** Description changed: an SRU issue to document the update of gcc-4.8 in trusty + + 14.04 LTS saw two new architectures, arm64 and ppc64el. These require + some updates for the toolchain. binutils takes some selected patches to + fix specific issues, and gcc-4.8 takes the state of the current gcc-4.8 + fsf branch to update the compiler. Changes and addresses issues are + mentioned in the debian changelog. Packages are prepared in the ubuntu- + toolchain-r/ppa PPA, and a test rebuild of the archive was done on all + architectures using this PPA. The results of this test rebuild look ok + (for all of the -release, -updates and -security pockets). As a further + test, the linux (see bug #1383474), firefox and libreoffice packages + were rebuilt, tested and found working. + + The test rebuild archives are: + http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140911-trusty.html + http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140912-trusty.html + http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140913-trusty.html
** Description changed: an SRU issue to document the update of gcc-4.8 in trusty 14.04 LTS saw two new architectures, arm64 and ppc64el. These require some updates for the toolchain. binutils takes some selected patches to fix specific issues, and gcc-4.8 takes the state of the current gcc-4.8 fsf branch to update the compiler. Changes and addresses issues are mentioned in the debian changelog. Packages are prepared in the ubuntu- toolchain-r/ppa PPA, and a test rebuild of the archive was done on all architectures using this PPA. The results of this test rebuild look ok (for all of the -release, -updates and -security pockets). As a further test, the linux (see bug #1383474), firefox and libreoffice packages were rebuilt, tested and found working. The test rebuild archives are: http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140911-trusty.html http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140912-trusty.html http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20140913-trusty.html + + gcc-4.8 should be built with the new binutils. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311866 Title: update binutils and GCC for trusty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1311866/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
