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digitalmars.D - Does RedHat DTS have D frontend?

reply Andrey Zherikov <andrey.zherikov gmail.com> writes:
Long story short: I'm trying to add GDC and LDC into a set of 
available compilers in our company and a person who is able to do 
this said that since GDC sources require pre-existing D compiler, 
the only thing that would properly fit is having RedHat DTS with 
D front-end.

So does RedHat DTS have D frontend? If yes then what version?
Oct 11 2022
next sibling parent reply rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
You should confirm this, but the version of gcc I could find on Redhat's 
site lists it as gcc 4.8 which is more than 10 years old. So it won't 
have it.
Oct 11 2022
parent reply Andrey Zherikov <andrey.zherikov gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 03:26:17 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:

 You should confirm this, but the version of gcc I could find on 
 Redhat's site lists it as gcc 4.8 which is more than 10 years 
 old. So it won't have it.


I checked [DTS 
10.1](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_developer_toolset/10/html/user_guide/chap-red_hat_developer_toolset#sect-Red_Hat_Devel
per_Toolset-About): it has GCC 10.2.1 - does it have D front-end?

May be correct question to ask is: what the earliest version of 
GCC does contain D front-end?
Oct 12 2022
parent reply rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
On 12/10/2022 11:41 PM, Andrey Zherikov wrote:

 On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 03:26:17 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:

 You should confirm this, but the version of gcc I could find on 
 Redhat's site lists it as gcc 4.8 which is more than 10 years old. So 
 it won't have it.


 
 I checked [DTS 
 10.1](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_developer_toolset/10/html/user_guide/chap-red_hat_developer_toolset#sect-Red_Hat_Devel
per_Toolset-About): it has GCC 10.2.1 - does it have D front-end?


Yes.

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-10.2.0/gcc/Standards.html#D-language

So you should be good to go, as long as you don't mind lagging behind 
latest version.


 May be correct question to ask is: what the earliest version of GCC does 
 contain D front-end?


I checked the docs via the above, its 9.
Oct 12 2022
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 10:45:35 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:

 On 12/10/2022 11:41 PM, Andrey Zherikov wrote:



 May be correct question to ask is: what the earliest version 
 of GCC does contain D front-end?


 I checked the docs via the above, its 9.


I'm pretty sure it was still on the C++ frontend then.
Oct 12 2022
parent Patrick Schluter <Patrick.Schluter bbox.fr> writes:
On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 11:36:38 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 10:45:35 UTC, rikki cattermole 
 wrote:

 On 12/10/2022 11:41 PM, Andrey Zherikov wrote:



 May be correct question to ask is: what the earliest version 
 of GCC does contain D front-end?


 I checked the docs via the above, its 9.


 I'm pretty sure it was still on the C++ frontend then.


The first version with D frontend is in the last version 12.2.
Oct 12 2022
prev sibling parent Adam D Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 00:42:56 UTC, Andrey Zherikov 
wrote:

 So does RedHat DTS have D frontend? If yes then what version?


I would look for a gdc package. A lot of distros package it 
separately even if their gcc is built to enable the language.

The gcc version doesn't necessarily tell you anything - my old 
raspbian setup has gdc6 in its package repo and my newer 
Slackware install has gdc 9.... gdc9 is when D was upstreamed 
into gcc's main source, but both the gdc6 and gdc9 are installed 
as separate OS packages, so that little fact doesn't mean much to 
the user.

It looks like red hat's search needs an account*, but I'd suggest 
you just search for gdc in there and see if it comes up.


https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6864/how-to-search-for-official-rhel-packages
Oct 12 2022