Re: compiler standards (and/or min gcc version) supported with installed headers ?

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Saturday 29 December 2012 10:37:55 Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2012, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > seems like something we should have spelled out in the manual and/or faq.
> > what standards do we want to support with installed headers ?  and
> > similarly, what min gcc version ?
> 
> Practically, GCC versions before 2.7.2.3 are fairly irrelevant because
> they didn't support glibc 2.x with the Linux kernel (or GNU Hurd) - and
> for architecture-specific headers, the minimum versions may be newer on
> similar grounds.  Some headers however may be shared with gnulib, where
> older compilers may be relevant.
> 
> I have suggested (in the projects list
> <http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Development_Todo/Master> - note that the
> ideas listed there are not necessarily fully formed project suggestions
> and may not all have consensus) that __GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG should be
> removed - that support for "long long" should be considered a required
> feature for use of the installed headers.

gcc-2.95.3 is the oldest version i care about.  and it supports long long.
-mike

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