Recommended update for gcc12

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:0422-2
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that contains one feature can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gcc12 fixes the following issues:

This update ship the GCC 12 compiler suite and its base libraries.

The compiler baselibraries are provided for all SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 versions and replace the same named GCC 11 ones.

The new compilers for C, C++, and Fortran are provided for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 and SP4, and provided in the "Development Tools" module.

The Go, D and Ada language compiler parts are available unsupported via the PackageHub repositories.

To use gcc12 compilers use:

  • install "gcc12" or "gcc12-c++" or one of the other "gcc12-COMPILER" frontend packages.
  • override your Makefile to use CC=gcc12, CXX=g++12 and similar overrides for the other languages.

For a full changelog with all new GCC12 features, check out

https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-12/changes.html

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP1-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP2-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP3-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP4-2023-422=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (x86_64)
    • libstdc++6-12.2.1+git416-150000.1.5.1

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