[PATCH] NEWS: Mention testing glibc build with different compilers
Paul Zimmermann
Paul.Zimmermann@inria.fr
Mon Dec 23 06:40:45 GMT 2024
Hi HJ,
why TEST_CC=... and not CC=... ?
Does this mean that glibc is compiled with the default compiler (CC),
but only the tests are compiled with the alternate compiler (TEST_CC)?
If so, maybe the comment could be clearer.
Also, ../glibc-VERSION/configure could be replace by simply ../configure.
Paul
> From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
> Cc: sam@gentoo.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:00:03 +0800
>
> Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
> ---
> NEWS | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index a185f2e7ee..fab4ff8ccb 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ Version 2.41
>
> Major new features:
>
> +* Support testing glibc build with a different C compiler or a different
> + C++ compiler with
> +
> + $ ../glibc-VERSION/configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"
> +
> + And support testing glibc build with Clang
> +
> + $ ../glibc-VERSION/configure TEST_CC="clang" TEST_CXX="clang++"
> +
> + Some run-time failures with Clang are expected.
> +
> * In /etc/resolv.conf and the RES_OPTIONS, option flags can now be
> prefixed with “-” to clear previously set flags. For example, if
> /etc/resolv.conf contains “options no-aaaa”, a process running with
> --
> 2.47.1
>
>
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