[PATCH 00/10] Update tests for GCC 4.9.3 and 5.4.1

[Sam James]

Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com> writes:

> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024, Sam James wrote:
>
>> If you have time, could you look at Clang next? If not, I'll put it on
>> my list. Thanks.
>
> Doesn't Adhemerval have a patch series there (azanella/clang branch)?  

I'd known peripherally about it, but hadn't looked in a while and hadn't
realised it progressed to the point of the testsuite either.

> (That also includes patches for building glibc with Clang.  In any patch 
> submissions, I'd encourage a clear division between (a) installed header 
> fixes for a wider range of compilers, (b) testcase fixes for a wider range 
> of compilers, and (c) changes for building glibc itself with a wider range 
> of compilers.  Since for (c) there's much more scope for considering 
> case-by-case whether each individual change is desirable or whether we 
> should say that a particular feature or bug fix is needed for any compiler 
> building glibc.)

Yeah, agreed. So far, all the patches have been (b) from H.J. I expect
that we'll end up having a mix of (a) and (c) too for Clang
specifically.

With regard to azanella's branch: is there a reason they've not been
sent out, at least the test changes? I suppose the test side wasn't too
relevant until the rest landed, until now (TEST_CC, TEST_CXX
support). azanella?

I assume they're, in some form, not ready or incomplete, but I'm not
sure if that means the existing patches have some known defects, or
simply that there's more to be done.