Re: [PATCH 3 of 3] scripts/gcc: if build host gcc is greater then 4.5.x use -static-libstdc++

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven at gmail dot com>]

2011/5/30 Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>:
> Bryan, Benoit, All,
>
> On Monday 30 May 2011 12:25:58 BenoÃt THÃBAUDEAU wrote:
>> > scripts/gcc: if build host gcc is greater then 4.5.x use
>> > -static-libstdc++
>> >
>> > Previously there was a FIXME to check if the build host is > 4.5 and
>> > use
>> > use -static-libstdc++. This patch does just that.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
> [--SNIP--]
>> I have not checked in detail the implications of changing this. Was the
>> FIXME created because of some issue, or only to simplify the options
>> passed?
>
> It was added as a reminder that newer versions of gcc had provision to do
> it in a simpler way.
>
> But as we have to support the older versions as well, and that the newer
> versions also did support the old way having a single code path is much
> easier to maintain.
>
> I am in favor of dropping that patch, and rename the FIXME into an INFO,
> so we do not forget about it.

I agree. That's why the 0/3 email said this one was up for debate ;)

> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>
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-Bryan

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