Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev
2016-Oct-10 16:17 UTC
[llvm-dev] unable to compile llvm with gcc 4.7.4
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:01 AM, via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 06:58:36AM -0700, Teresa Johnson wrote: >> +pcc who added the NativeObjectStream class >> >> Looks like a known gcc bug, fixed in 4.8: >> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53613 >> >> Not sure what we do in cases like this, if it is a gcc bug. > > The compilation of many tools makes gcc 4.7.4 crash with an internal compilation > errors. > > Is there a new official stand regarding gcc 4.7 and llvm? > > Because docs/CodingStandards.rst and docs/GettingStarted.rst reference gcc 4.7 > as a supported c++ compiler (with c++11-ish and c++98).gcc 4.7 is considered supported, as pointed by the documentation. If we don’t have bots that build with it though, it is hard to back this claim in practice though… — Mehdi
Renato Golin via llvm-dev
2016-Oct-10 17:17 UTC
[llvm-dev] unable to compile llvm with gcc 4.7.4
On 10 October 2016 at 17:17, Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:> gcc 4.7 is considered supported, as pointed by the documentation. > > If we don’t have bots that build with it though, it is hard to back this claim in practice though…Yeah, we've been particularly bad in keeping track of old compilers. There are still plenty of GCC 4.8 buildbots, but not 4.7, I think. I doubt we have bots with clang 3.1 either... :/ cheers, --renato