# [OmniOS-discuss] Query - Update gcc48 to gccXX, which XX?

Tim Rice tim at multitalents.net
Mon May 18 22:31:53 UTC 2015

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    On Mon, 18 May 2015, Dan McDonald wrote:

    > Now this isn't a gcc update for illumos/illumos-omnios... that way is full of pain, and I'll wait for now.
    >
    > OTOH, we've transitioned gcc before going into r151008 with 4.8.1.
    >
    > My question to you all is this:  To which gcc version should we jump?  I see two viable candidates:

    Any reason not to consider CLANG instead of GCC?

    >
    > 	- gcc 4.9.2 (last updated October 2014)
    > or
    > 	- gcc 5.1 (last updated April 2015)
    >
    > The current gcc "development" is happening on 6.0, and we're not ready for that.
    >
    > I appreciate feedback.  I'll be making a decision soon, as I hope to land a compiler upgrade as the major push for this bloody cycle and r151016.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Dan
    >

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    Tim Rice				Multitalents
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