Version of gcc for LibreOffice

[Markus Mohrhard]

Hey Richard,

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 3:45 AM, Richard Wordingham <
richard.wordingham at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:10:08 +0200
> Jan-Marek Glogowski <glogow at fbihome.de> wrote:
> (when topic was 'Can't track flow of characters in from Input Method
> Editor')
>
> > Am 06.10.2015 um 23:51 schrieb Richard Wordingham:
> > > I think my compiler (gcc
> > > Version 4.6.3) is too old to compile Version 5.0, which is where I
> > > noticed the problem.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > I am running Ubuntu 12.04 with the default desktop.
>
> > LO 5.0 builds just fine in Precise / 12.04. See
> >
> https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/ubuntu/ppa?field.series_filter=precise
> > for newer packages.
>
> OK. I found a tar ball for 5.0.2.2 which *does* build on Ubuntu 12.04.
>
> However, when I try building from 'trunk' (or whatever its called)
> pulling in the source via git, compilation still fails, just as (well,
> one line number's changed) happened just over three months ago
> (
> https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/52435/what-version-of-gcc-do-i-need-to-build-libreoffice/
> ).  I did not get a usable answer then.
>
> In response to my example patch at
> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94753 , I've been
> told to use gerrit to discuss patch proposals.  Presumably I should at
> least confirm that my patches compile in the developing form of
> LibreOffice.  So, what version of gcc do I need to build LibreOffice?
> Or is there a bug in include/rtl/ustring.hxx?  I don't know C++ well
> enough to understand the problem.
>


You need at least gcc 4.7, we are even moving to gcc 4.8 but I'm not sure
if we already require any feature that is only in 4.8.

Regards,
Markus
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