Test status of linux master build on Travis Ubuntu host with GCC.

Author: ayla

.travis.yml

@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ os:
 
 compiler:
 - clang
-# TODO: gcc chokes on a boost pthread usage, disabling for now.
-# - gcc 
+- gcc 
+
+matrix:
+  exclude:
+  - os: osx
+    compiler: g++
 
 # check environment (copied from libgit2sharp)
 before_install:
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ before_install:
 # make sure cmake is installed, set up latest GCC C++ compiler if necessary
 install:
  - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "linux" ]; then ./ci/linux_install.sh; fi
-# - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "linux" -a "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+ - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "linux" -a "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
  - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "osx" ]; then ./ci/osx_install.sh; fi
 
 # TODO: could move script to separate file