Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: Work around Debian/Ubuntu-specific 'gcc -dumpversion' output

[Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>]

On 02/24/2015 01:14 PM, Olivier MATZ wrote:
> Hi Panu, David,
>
> On 02/24/2015 11:59 AM, David Marchand wrote:
>>> >Commit 71f0ab1849b4fc3ca928deb566df12ca725ed150 broke compilation
>>> >on some versions of Debian and Ubuntu where gcc has been modified
>>> >to only emit MAJOR.MINOR part of the version from 'gcc -dumpversion'.
>>> >Drop the micro-version from gcc version comparisons to work around
>>> >this, it wasn't being used for anything anyway.
>>> >
>>> >Signed-off-by: Panu Matilainen<pmatilai@redhat.com>
>>
>> ack (and works with my debian gcc).
>>
>
> One question: will it work with a version like with 2 digits
> for major or minor like 4.10.0 or 10.0.0?
> (or maybe it cannot happen with gcc naming conventions?)

The original change mentions this:

     This [...] scheme would run into trouble if gcc ever went to
     two-digit version segments, but that hasn't happened in the last 10+
     years so it seems like a safe assumption.

...but that's not entirely accurate, 4.10.0 would be a problem but 
10.0.0 not.

	- Panu -