sci-physics/root-6.04.06 can now be compiled with sys-devel/gcc-5.4.0-r3 smoothly. As sys-devel/gcc-5.4.0-r3 has become stable, sci-physics/root should not die anymore in check_compiler().
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=819d5014a7859a590292287d76e5a708daf230c0 commit 819d5014a7859a590292287d76e5a708daf230c0 Author: Guilherme Amadio <amadio@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-12-14 16:05:56 +0000 Commit: Guilherme Amadio <amadio@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-12-15 11:56:09 +0000 sci-physics/root: version bump to 6.12.04 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/622034 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/617160 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/599274 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/596290 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.18, Repoman-2.3.6 sci-physics/root/Manifest | 1 + sci-physics/root/files/root-6.11.02-hsimple.patch | 34 +++ sci-physics/root/metadata.xml | 32 +- sci-physics/root/root-6.12.04.ebuild | 345 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)