[Buildroot] [PATCH v4 08/15] package/gcc: switch to gcc 8.x as the default

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Wed Jun 26 06:55:42 UTC 2019


On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:25:59 +0200
Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:

> > So on my side, green light to drop gdb 7.12.  
> 
>  For gdb, does it actually make sense to keep multiple versions?

I think it made sense for gdb 7.12 vs. gdb >= 8.x, due to this C++11
requirement on the host.

But if we are going to remove 7.12, then indeed, it probably no longer
makes sense to have a version choice.

Best regards,

Thomas
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