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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking
From:       Alec Warner <antarus () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2012-02-21 22:38:53
Message-ID: CAAr7Pr_exY=OaTNZ5yaz5Z=SS9Ghe+kMxRKEu2JuC7jaC4qxfw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> wrote:
> El lun, 20-02-2012 a las 20:02 -0600, Ryan Hill escribi=C3=B3:
>> On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:17:30 -0800
>> Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On 02/20/2012 05:03 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:
>> > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:14 +0100
>> > > Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I don't know if this has been discussed before but, what issues are
>> > >> preventing us from unmasking gcc-4.6 (and think on a near
>> > >> stabilization)?
>> > >>
>> > >> I have read hardmask message but it simply explains that it's maske=
d for
>> > >> testing purposes :-/
>> > >
>> > > Grub is the only blocker. =C2=A0I don't want to unmask something tha=
t makes
>> > > people's systems unbootable.
>> > >
>> > > I'm also out of ideas and open to suggestions.
>> >
>> > Stabilize grub-1.99, and modify the grub-0.9x ebuilds to die if they
>> > can't find a supported compiler.
>>
>> What's the state of 1.99? =C2=A0I know someone was working on it recentl=
y. =C2=A0We'd
>> also have to update the handbooks. =C2=A0I think it could be several mon=
ths of
>> work to get it ready, and I'd like to unmask 4.6 last September.
>>
>>
>
> As looks like fixing old grub is far away because nobody know what is
> causing that issues, probably trying to get grub-1.99 ready for
> stabilization would be interesting (we will need to do that sooner or
> later anyway)

Ubuntu has used grub2 for 3 years, I am considering working on making
it stable for at least x86 / amd64.

-A

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