Closed Bug 1127403 Opened 9 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Mdn says that firefox compiles with gcc 4.6, but actually the min version is 4.7.

Categories

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: Mozilla Platform, defect, P5)

Product:
Developer Documentation Graveyard
Component:
Mozilla Platform
Platform:
All
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: baku, Assigned: sjw+bugzilla)

Details

Recently in m-c we landed in dom/media/gmp/GMPUtils.h this:

template<typename T>
using GMPUniquePtr = mozilla::UniquePtr<T, DestroyPolicy<T>>;

and this syntax is not supported by gcc 4.6. We can change it, or we can update the documentation saying that we need gcc 4.7 or more.
Summary: Mdn says that the firefox compiles with gcc 4.6, but actually the min version is 4.7. → Mdn says that firefox compiles with gcc 4.6, but actually the min version is 4.7.
Component: General → Mozilla Platform

The MDN team is no longer actively working on Mozilla Platform docs. Volunteer contributions are welcome.

Priority: -- → P5

Fixed for en-US in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Linux_Prerequisites$compare?locale=en-US&to=1550941&from=1549275
This also takes bug 1444274 into account.

Assignee: nobody → sjw
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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