[PATCH] Raise the minimum GCC version to 11.1

[H.J. Lu]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:51 PM Wilco Dijkstra <Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi H.J.,
>
> > Require GCC 11.1 or newer to build. Remove GCC version check for PowerPC
> > and s390x.  TEST_CC and TEST_CXX can be used to test the glibc build
> > with the older versions of GCC.
>
> Thanks for doing this. The patch looks fine, it's moving up 5 releases after 6 years
> which seem reasonable. It was suggested why not GCC 11.5 during the meeting -
> I had a quick check and it seems various distros use slightly older versions (mine
> uses 11.4 but started with 11.2 originally). So unless there is a good reason to go
> for the latest GCC 11 release, I think keeping it at 11.1/11.2 would be better.

I will keep 11.1 asis.

Thanks.

> However it would be good to hear if someone thinks GCC11 is too new.
>
> Cheers,
> Wilco



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H.J.