Source: gcc-defaults
Version: 1.112
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Hello,

I have a package which would like to build a gcc plugin. I should
however not make it build-depend on a particular gcc-4.[567]-plugin-dev
package as the default version changes over time. Could gcc-defaults
also provide a gcc-plugin-dev package?

Samuel

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Samuel Thibault, le Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:17:42 +0100, a écrit :
> I have a package which would like to build a gcc plugin. I should
> however not make it build-depend on a particular gcc-4.[567]-plugin-dev
> package as the default version changes over time. Could gcc-defaults
> also provide a gcc-plugin-dev package?

Actually, thinking a bit more about it, I guess I actually have
to build my plugin several times, once for each supported gcc
version. So we'd need something similar to python, i.e. something
like gcc-all-plugin-dev, and a way to iterate over all supported gcc
versions.

Samuel



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On 30.01.2012 16:10, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Samuel Thibault, le Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:17:42 +0100, a écrit :
>> I have a package which would like to build a gcc plugin. I should
>> however not make it build-depend on a particular gcc-4.[567]-plugin-dev
>> package as the default version changes over time. Could gcc-defaults
>> also provide a gcc-plugin-dev package?
>
> Actually, thinking a bit more about it, I guess I actually have
> to build my plugin several times, once for each supported gcc
> version. So we'd need something similar to python, i.e. something
> like gcc-all-plugin-dev, and a way to iterate over all supported gcc
> versions.

Is this really needed? many plugins need modifications for different GCC
versions, and it should be easy to add such a "loop" or make magic to build for
different versions. There are not (yet) that many plugins for GCC.




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Matthias Klose, le Mon 30 Apr 2012 12:41:49 +0200, a écrit :
> On 30.01.2012 16:10, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Samuel Thibault, le Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:17:42 +0100, a écrit :
> >> I have a package which would like to build a gcc plugin. I should
> >> however not make it build-depend on a particular gcc-4.[567]-plugin-dev
> >> package as the default version changes over time. Could gcc-defaults
> >> also provide a gcc-plugin-dev package?
> >
> > Actually, thinking a bit more about it, I guess I actually have
> > to build my plugin several times, once for each supported gcc
> > version. So we'd need something similar to python, i.e. something
> > like gcc-all-plugin-dev, and a way to iterate over all supported gcc
> > versions.
>
> Is this really needed? many plugins need modifications for different GCC
> versions, and it should be easy to add such a "loop" or make magic to build for
> different versions. There are not (yet) that many plugins for GCC.

My comments were before our discussion about a dpkg trigger to rebuild
the plugins automatically. I agree that we can't really blindly hope
that plugins can compile with newer versions.

Samuel



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