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Why use such an old version of gcc?

Asked by Jeremy Elson

I just upgraded to Bionic and noticed that the avr cross compiler is still gcc 5.4.0. The release notes for upstream gcc show a various AVR backend improvements over the years; why not use a newer gcc?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug

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Jeremy Elson (jelson) said : 		#2

Thanks; done.

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