Does someone have some insight into how GCC upgrades are managed at a distro level? I'd be interested to know a bit more about it.
My question is not regarding a single compiler upgrade (e.g. GCC 5.x to 6.x), but rather how/when packages are built, once GCC is upgraded.
For instance, Debian Testing is at 5.3 (I don't take Stable as an example, as it doesn't really change). When maintainers decide to upgrade this package to, say, 6.0, does this mean all packages are automatically re-built against this new version? Or does it happen progressively? Or perhaps it doesn't happen at all, until a new version of each package comes up?
Perhaps my question makes no sense, but I actually don't know. My guess is this is different for every distro.
Thanks in advance for any info!
My question is not regarding a single compiler upgrade (e.g. GCC 5.x to 6.x), but rather how/when packages are built, once GCC is upgraded.
For instance, Debian Testing is at 5.3 (I don't take Stable as an example, as it doesn't really change). When maintainers decide to upgrade this package to, say, 6.0, does this mean all packages are automatically re-built against this new version? Or does it happen progressively? Or perhaps it doesn't happen at all, until a new version of each package comes up?
Perhaps my question makes no sense, but I actually don't know. My guess is this is different for every distro.
Thanks in advance for any info!
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