[poky] GCC-4.6.0 not ready for prime time?

[Khem Raj]

On 06/09/2011 09:50 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> I'm not convinced switching to GCC-4.6.0 is a good choice at this time.

at some point we have to and we have time to harden it until next 
release. Compiler upgrades are a bit of work

> Not only did I have problems getting a working kernel, there are a
> lot of applications that don't build with this new compiler. Some
> of those that do, don't work :-(
>
> I have a local recipe to build Mozilla FireFox which has been working
> fine, but with GCC-4.6.0, it no longer runs correctly. Given the magnitude
> of FireFox, it may take me a while to figure out why.

yes there are always some issues that need resolving. If you are able to 
narrow down the problem a bit it would be easier to pin point the problem.

>
> Even some core programs no longer build, e.g. web-webkit (I was looking
> for an alternate web browser). This was probably not obvious as it is
> no longer being built by your test images (it used to be included in
> core-image-sato but was dropped by
> 9d7aa1090c407ac0da6154c481f1c787fd7efbfc)
>
> I guess I'll be sticking with GCC-4.5.x for now
>

For something that you would like to release soon it may be a sane choice

-Khem