diff --git a/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
index 8b5ff54fe8e..9b8c8dc44ce 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
+++ b/build/pkgs/gcc/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE_BASE([gcc], [
                     # Install our own GCC if the system-provided one is older than gcc 8.4
                     SAGE_SHOULD_INSTALL_GCC([you have $CXX version $GXX_VERSION, which is quite old])
                 ],
-                [1[[4-9]].*], [
-                    # Install our own GCC if the system-provided one is newer than 13.x.
+                [1[[5-9]].*], [
+                    # Install our own GCC if the system-provided one is newer than 14.x.
                     # See https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/29456
                     SAGE_SHOULD_INSTALL_GCC([$CXX is g++ version $GXX_VERSION, which is too recent for this version of Sage])
                 ])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/gfortran/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/gfortran/spkg-configure.m4
index e6e396deaab..a8248a26aa5 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/gfortran/spkg-configure.m4
+++ b/build/pkgs/gfortran/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([gfortran], [
                         # Install our own gfortran if the system-provided one is older than gcc-4.8.
                         SAGE_SHOULD_INSTALL_GFORTRAN([$FC is version $GFORTRAN_VERSION, which is quite old])
                     ],
-                    [1[[4-9]].*], [
-                        # Install our own gfortran if the system-provided one is newer than 13.x.
+                    [1[[5-9]].*], [
+                        # Install our own gfortran if the system-provided one is newer than 14.x.
                         # See https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/29456, https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/31838
                         SAGE_MUST_INSTALL_GFORTRAN([$FC is version $GFORTRAN_VERSION, which is too recent for this version of Sage])
                     ])
diff --git a/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey.cpp b/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey.cpp
index 209391676de..d224b2a8d13 100644
--- a/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey.cpp
+++ b/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <functional>
 
 #include <gmpxx.h>
 #include <Python.h>
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ size_t FareySymbol::nu3() const {
 size_t FareySymbol::rank_pi() const {
   if( index() == 2 ) return 1;
   return count_if(pairing.begin(), pairing.end(),
-                  bind2nd(greater<int>(), 0))/2;
+                  bind(greater<int>(), placeholders::_1, 0))/2;
 }
 
 size_t FareySymbol::number_of_cusps() const {
diff --git a/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey_symbol.pyx b/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey_symbol.pyx
index 34546c082da..4cfb4b12363 100644
--- a/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey_symbol.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/modular/arithgroup/farey_symbol.pyx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # distutils: sources = sage/modular/arithgroup/sl2z.cpp sage/modular/arithgroup/farey.cpp
+# distutils: language = c++
+# distutils: extra_compile_args = -std=c++11
 # sage.doctest: needs sage.libs.pari
 r"""
 Farey symbol for arithmetic subgroups of `\PSL_2(\ZZ)`
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/hilbert.pyx b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/hilbert.pyx
index 147db5691c3..9e61c4b129e 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/hilbert.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/hilbert.pyx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ cdef inline list interred(list L) noexcept:
     # that appears later in L.
     if not L:
         return []
-    L.sort(key=ETuple.unweighted_degree)
+    L.sort(key=ETuple._unweighted_degree)
     cdef size_t i
     cdef ETuple m
     cdef list result = [<ETuple> PyList_GET_ITEM(L, 0)]
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pxd b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pxd
index 432ae7d8c47..af56cd80364 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pxd
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pxd
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ cdef class ETuple:
     cdef ETuple _new(self) noexcept
     cdef int get_exp(self, size_t i) noexcept
 
+    # need a cdef version for function pointers
+    cdef int _unweighted_degree(self) except *
     cpdef int unweighted_degree(self) except *
     cpdef int weighted_degree(self, tuple w) except *
     cpdef int unweighted_quotient_degree(self, ETuple other) except *
diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pyx b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pyx
index af24e7ff245..0ecf35e452f 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/polydict.pyx
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ cdef class ETuple:
 
     # additional methods
 
-    cpdef int unweighted_degree(self) except *:
+    cdef int _unweighted_degree(self) except *:
         r"""
         Return the sum of entries.
 
@@ -1863,6 +1863,20 @@ cdef class ETuple:
             degree += self._data[2 * i + 1]
         return degree
 
+    cpdef int unweighted_degree(self) except *:
+        r"""
+        Return the sum of entries.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+             sage: from sage.rings.polynomial.polydict import ETuple
+             sage: ETuple([1, 1, 0, 2, 0]).unweighted_degree()
+             4
+             sage: ETuple([-1, 1]).unweighted_degree()
+             0
+        """
+        return self._unweighted_degree()
+
     @cython.boundscheck(False)
     @cython.wraparound(False)
     cpdef int weighted_degree(self, tuple w) except *: