[Distutils] manylinux vs 3.6.0

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/2016 22:09, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:
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>>> Any manylinux experts here?
>>>
> .......
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>>     https://bugs.python.org/issue28092#msg276164
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>> I suspect that this will get reverted again before 3.6-final given
>> that it does in fact cause problems...
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> I prodded that issue with>
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>>> Don't want to add too much noise, but this issue also affects the
>>> manylinux project build compiler (gcc 4.8.2).
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>> STINNER Victor added the comment:
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>> Would it be possible to upgrade the "manylinux" compiler (take a more
>> recent GCC version)?
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> I'm not the expert here, but I though the whole point was to have a common
> denominator system. Is gcc part of the 'commons' or can we use any version
> of the compiler provided the other common denominator libs are acceptable to
> it?

Replied there: https://bugs.python.org/issue28092#msg278584

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