<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 06:04, Apostolos Syropoulos <<a href="mailto:asyropoulos@gmail.com">asyropoulos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Στις Κυρ, 2 Ιουν 2019 στις 1:20 π.μ., ο/η Karl Berry <<a href="mailto:karl@freefriends.org" target="_blank">karl@freefriends.org</a>> έγραψε:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> > Harfbuzz 2.5.0 fails to compile with the centos7-provided compiler<br>
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For the record, being discussed at<br>
<a href="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/1724" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/1724</a>. Other people before<br>
us reported it. Don't know if a fix will come. The problematic C++<br>
feature in question remains obscure to me :(, so I reiterate my plea for<br>
anyone else to take a look. --thanks, karl.<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div style="font-size:small">Hello,</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">It would be nice to state that this problem exists because you are trying</div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">to compile with gcc 4.8. Of course if this is the default compiler, then this</div><div style="font-size:small">is a real problem. BTW, on OpenIndiana I have compiled the latest</div><div style="font-size:small">source tree with gcc 6.5.0 and there is absolutely no problem.<br></div><div style="font-size:small">A.S.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is worth noting that many developers are using current compilers and</div><div>creating software that does not build on older systems. A solution that <br></div><div>moves to newer compilers should reduce the number instances where</div><div>new versions need patches and workarounds to support older compilers.<br></div><div><br></div>Devtoolsets originally (RHEL5) provided newer gcc versions and other tools <br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>that produced binaries targeted for the base OS. I'm not sure if that is still</div><div>possible with all the C++ changes, but google found:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-7/">https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-7/</a></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>George N. White III<br><br></div></div></div></div>