Re: Dependencies on gcc49?

Remko,
      That is the plan. We always migrate fink to the latest gcc4x
packaging but this takes time to execute.
       Jack

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Remko Scharroo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Fink Developers,
>
> Today I saw the first dependency on gcc49 in fftw3.info.
>
> This is a major pain since (as far as I know) all other package require at
> most gcc48.
>
> When that introduction does not go paired with upgrading ALL packages that
> now require gcc48 to be requiring gcc49 this will remain a back mess for
> users like me, who use a lot of gfortran related packages, like
> netcdf-fortran5.
>
> In case of fftw3 this was only a packaging update, not a version change,
> so I do not understand why the necessity to change from gcc48 to gcc49?
>
> Granted, for fftw3 it is a BuildDepends only, but still, what’s the rush,
> particularly since gcc49 is still at 4.9.0, and might not be stable yet.
>
> I would suggest to either revert fftw3 back to gcc48 or start a
> consolidated effort to upgrade all packages depending on gcc48 to gcc49.
>
> Regards,
> Remko

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