[PATCH] powerpc64le: Remove test for GCC 6.2

[Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho]

"Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabriel@inconstante.eti.br> writes:

> The configure fragment for powerpc64le contains a test for the presence
> of several compiler builtins and of the __float128 type, which are
> provided by GCC 6.2 for powerpc64le.  Since this configure test was
> added, the compiler version required to build glibc for powerpc64le was
> different than that required for the other architectures.
>
> Now that glibc requires GCC 6.2 globally (since commit ID 4dcbbc3b28aa),
> this patch removes the powerpc64le-specific test.
>
> Even tough the configure test checks for compiler features rather than
> compiler version, the intent of the test was to stop build attempts at
> early stages, if they had been configured with a too old compiler.  It
> was not the intention of the test to detect compiler breakage (such as
> the removal of the required compiler features in future GCC versions),
> and glibc is not the place to test for compiler regressions, anyway.
>
> Tested for powerpc64le with GCC 6.2 (built with build-many-glibcs.py).
>
> 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure.ac: Remove test.
> 	* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/le/configure: Regenerate.

Reviewed-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>

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