Topic: GCC 4.9

I've just noticed that GCC 4.9 was released on 22-Apr-14.
Can't find any Win Doze binaries yet, though.
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Re: GCC 4.9

Simply Fortran will upgrade to 4.9 in version 2.14 most likely.  Please be aware, though, that 4.9 once again breaks compatibility with compiled Fortran modules from earlier versions.  It will not be able to use any pre-built modules currently shipped with the Package Manager.

Jeff Armstrong
Approximatrix, LLC

3 Reply by JohnWasilewski (edited by JohnWasilewski 2014-04-23 12:11:36)

Re: GCC 4.9

I see from http://toolchain.lug-owl.de/buildbot/ that 4.9 binaries are being built at this very moment, in all of the many versions needed, and gradually populating the list of which ones have been done, which were successful builds, and which are still pending.  There are just hundreds of the blighters!  There must be some seriously clever software running somewhere, to build all of these automatically.
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Re: GCC 4.9

Actually running buildbots is pretty straightforward if the build process is well defined.  So these buildbots will just download the latest GCC distributions and build them with the same steps they always do.  Occasionally they fail, of course.

Approximatrix maintains a buildbot for the Open Watcom project at http://buildbot.approximatrix.com/ since Simply Fortran requires on much of the Open Watcom toolchain to build itself.

Jeff Armstrong
Approximatrix, LLC