openSUSE Tumbleweed Needs Your Help to Make GCC 6 the Default Compiler

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

We reported at the beginning of the month that the openSUSE Tumbleweed developers are preparing a massive package rebuild to make the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 6 the default compiler for the rolling operating system.

Migrating to a new default compiler is the hardest task for a Linux kernel-based operating system, as almost all the pre-installed packages need to be rebuilt using the new compiler, and package maintainers have a hard time during this transition.

And it looks like openSUSE Tumbleweed developers have run into some trouble today, May 23, 2016, as Dominique Leuenberger asked the community to help test the packages that fail to build with GCC 6, or that need special attention.

“Dear openSUSE Hackers, as you’re doubtless aware, we’re trying to move to GCC 6 as our default compiler,” sai… (read more)

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