FYI: GCC-4.6 rebuild tests

[Susan Cragin]

GCC-4.6 has more build failures than mine. Here's the info. 
They don't test wine, apparently. It's not on the list. Maybe I can add it, or get it added. 


-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2011 10:28 AM
>To: ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-devel-announce at lists.ubuntu.com>, ubuntu-devel <ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: GCC-4.6 rebuild tests
>
>[ Note that GCC-4.6 will not be used for natty / 11.04, but
>   we consider using this version for the O-series / 11.10 ]
>
>A test rebuild of natty/main using the current GCC version from the trunk was 
>finished last week.  While only one internal compiler error was found, some more 
>build failures were seen due to new warnings and more strict frontends. A list 
>of build failure can be seen at
>
>http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20110111-gcc-natty.html
>
>If a package appears in the `superseded' section, it doesn't mean that the build 
>failure with GCC-4.6 is fixed.
>
>Some comments and hints for fixes can be found at
>
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GCC4.6
>
>Please extend the wiki page if appropriate.
>
>To work on the build failures, please use either the gcc-snapshot package from 
>natty or the gcc-4.6 package from the ubuntu-toolchain-r/test PPA.
>
>A large number of build failures is seen for packages building with -Werror. The 
>compiler packages above were changed to add a -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable 
>when -Werror is found. Despite this local change the these packages need to 
>build without this local change.
>
>   Matthias
>
>PS: Fixing build failures with GCC-4.5 in natty should still have priority ;)
>
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