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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2024-12-24 05:20:43 +0800
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2024-12-24 16:16:38 +0800
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NEWS: Mention testing glibc build with a different set of compilers
Also document C and C++ compilers used to test glibc should come from the same set of compilers. Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ Version 2.41
Major new features:
+* Support testing glibc build with a different set of C and C++ compilers
+ 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