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Fedora 24 Linux to Ship with GCC 6 by Default, Most Packages Need to be Rebuilt

By Marius Nestor

Switching the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) package in Fedora 24 Linux to the 6.x.y branch means that the Fedora developers need to rebuild all the distribution’s packages. Alternatively, they can choose to optionally rebuild only various important packages and rebuild the entire archive for the next major release, Fedora 25.

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