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Re: PATCH: Update longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0

From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: PATCH: Update longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0
References: <20120316174415.GA7577@intel.com><20120316180015.3CB122C093@topped-with-meat.com><CAMe9rOoEH=WL+V40F4DRFaRAycrgYy2O=gV-NVGru8P_b+hmpQ@mail.gmail.com>

> The minimum GCC 4.3 required by glibc supports the ll variants of the
> builtins.  However, I don't know if longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0 will work
> with GCC 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 for all targets.  I am not sure if it is a
> good idea to do a wholesale update to GCC 4.7.0.

This is a file that we have normally kept as a verbatim copy from GCC,
not doing local modifications.  We really don't want to diverge unless
there is an unavoidable need to.

The diff to the current trunk looks safe to me, but Joseph should review it
too.


Thanks,
Roland

References:
- PATCH: Update longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: PATCH: Update longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: PATCH: Update longlong.h from GCC 4.7.0
  - From: H.J. Lu

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