My goal is to use gcc 7.2 (and clang 6) on Centos 7 to build executables compatible with Centos 7 targets without devtoolset installed but * using the newer C++ ABI *. The newer ABI fixed a couple...

I am using the devtoolset-1.0 for CentOS 6.3 in order to upgrade temporarily the GCC version. Although I am now able to compile my C++ application, the final binary is missing some symbols: $ ldd ...

Consider the situation when a C++ project is built and shipped within a Centos 7 virtual machine or container. Default gcc for Centos 7 is 4.8. In order to allow developers to use modern C++, the m...

I am compiling software for Red Hat/CentOS 7 (running on CentOS) using the compiler from Developer Toolset 7, and when I try to create an RPM, rpmbuild fails with the following error: + /usr/lib/r...

I have a legacy codebase which we are trying to migrate from devtoolset-4 to devtoolset-7. I noticed an interesting behaviour regarding overflow of signed integers (int64_t, to be specific). There...

I'm running CentOS 6.4 and need a later version of the C++ compiler to build my development tools (Qt Creator in this case). I'm unclear on the implications of using devtools and I'm hoping someon...

I just found out that RedHat provides this "Developer toolset" which allows me to install (and of course use) the most up-to-date gcc-4.7.2. I use it on Centos, but the process is the same. Once i...