C++11 software on Debian Sid

[Sylvestre Ledru]

On 01/12/2014 00:48, Jose Luis Rivero wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Several of my maintained packages are starting to use C++11 features in
> their code base. This new C++ standard brings nice features to the
> language but could end up in some ABI problems when mixing C++98 code
> and C++11[1].
>
> AFAIK, Debian Sid compiles all the software without the c++11 flag, so
> if a program or library uses other dependencies, we will end up mixing
> c++11 and c++98, right?
No, there is no restriction on this. There are packages built using c++1
(example: llvm).
>
> Is there any documentation about how is debian handling this? Are new
> packages using c++11 eleven going into the repository?
>
Just add the option to the CXXFLAGS and you should be fine!

Cheers,
Sylvestre