[PATCH v2] NEWS: Mention testing glibc build with different compilers

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Mon Dec 23 07:58:16 GMT 2024


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..3899865395 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 from the C and C++ compilers used to build glibc with
+
+  $ ../configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"
+
+  And support testing glibc build with Clang
+
+  $ ../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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