On Mon, 2017-04-10 at 11:41 +0200, Toebs Douglass wrote: > On 10/04/17 11:35, Brian Drummond wrote: > > > > It won't use the latest and greatest version of mpfr etc for each > > compiler release, but it'll use the version that most builds of > > that > > release were built with, and keep you out of the weeds covering > > rarely > > trodden paths. > > Hmm. That is interesting. Is it then that GCC builds *normally* use > the oldest possible working version of the dependency libraries? Unlikely to be the oldest possible! But proven and stable versions. > Aren't they missing out on improvements in those libraries, by doing > so? I don't know about improvements, but (judging from my experience before I found that script; it's much better publicised nowadays) they are missing out on a lot of unexpected "features" and interactions with newer releases. If Jonathan endorses that script, that's a pretty strong recommendation too. -- Brian
