Turn on C++11 when building with gcc4.8+

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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           # because the new dynamic tags are not created by default.
           ['binutils_version>=223', {
             # Newer binutils don't set DT_RPATH unless you disable "new" dtags
             # and the new DT_RUNPATH doesn't work without --no-as-needed flag.
             # FIXME(mithro): Figure out the --as-needed/--no-as-needed flags
             # inside this file to allow usage of --no-as-needed and removal of
             # this flag.
             'ldflags': [
               '-Wl,--disable-new-dtags',
             ],
-          }]
+          }],
+          ['gcc_version>=48', {
+            'target_conditions': [
+              ['_toolset=="target"', {
+                'cflags_cc': [
+                  '-std=gnu++11',
+                  # See comment for -Wno-c++11-narrowing.
+                  '-Wno-narrowing',
+                  # TODO(thakis): Remove, http://crbug.com/263960
+                  '-Wno-literal-suffix',
+                ],
+              }],
+            ],
+          }],
+          ['host_gcc_version>=48', {
+            'target_conditions': [
+              ['_toolset=="host"', {
+                'cflags_cc': [
+                  '-std=gnu++11',
+                  # See comment for -Wno-c++11-narrowing.
+                  '-Wno-narrowing',
+                  # TODO(thakis): Remove, http://crbug.com/263960
+                  '-Wno-literal-suffix',
+                ],
+              }],
+            ],
+          }],
         ],
       },
     }],
     # FreeBSD-specific options; note that most FreeBSD options are set above,
     # with Linux.
     ['OS=="freebsd"', {
       'target_defaults': {
         'ldflags': [
           '-Wl,--no-keep-memory',
         ],
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }