From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E0211396D0 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:40:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C32532BC01F; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74C9AE0DAC for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 2a01cb0c83a35700a593f1b13443bbaf.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr (2a01cb0c83a35700a593f1b13443bbaf.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr [IPv6:2a01:cb0c:83a3:5700:a593:f1b1:3443:bbaf]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 779B533BEB4; Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1507585200.1181.70.camel@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: news item for the 17.0 profiles From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: PR Gentoo Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 23:40:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1528131.eIYCIZq90I@pinacolada> References: <1528131.eIYCIZq90I@pinacolada> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.24.5 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: ee736aad-5d2e-40d2-976a-0c95e686e4a2 X-Archives-Hash: ef84ae66f3d1470ab4299cd0170fb9fd El lun, 09-10-2017 a las 22:58 +0200, Andreas K. Huettel escribió: > ===================================== > Title: New 17.0 profiles in the Gentoo repository > Author: Andreas K. Hüttel > Posted: xxxxxxx > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 2.0 > Display-If-Installed: >=sys-devel/gcc-6.4.0 > > We have just added a new set of profiles with release version 17.0 > to the Gentoo repository. These bring two changes: > 1) The default C++ language version for applications is now C++14. > This change is mostly relevant to Gentoo developers. It also > means, however, that compilers earlier than GCC 6 are masked > and not supported for use as a system compiler anymore. Feel > free to unmask them if you need them for specific applications. > 2) Where supported, GCC will now build position-independent > executables (PIE) by default. This improves the overall > security fingerprint. The switch from non-PIE to PIE binaries, > however, requires some steps by users, as detailed below. > > Please consider switching from your current 13.0 profile to the > corresponding 17.0 profile soon after GCC-6.4.0 has been > stabilized on your architecture. The 13.0 profiles will be deprecated > and removed in the near future. > > Switching involves the following steps: > If not already done, > * Use gcc-config to select gcc-6.4.0 or later as system compiler > * Re-source /etc/profile: > . /etc/profile > * Re-emerge libtool Could anyone with enough knowledge finally give a look to the patched vapier provided in https://bugs.gentoo.org/88596 but never got committed? Thanks!