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

[Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>]

On 02/24/2015 03:34 PM, Mcnamara, John wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Panu Matilainen
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:47 AM
>> To: dev@dpdk.org
>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mk: Work around Debian/Ubuntu-specific 'gcc -
>> dumpversion' output
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -ifeq ($(shell test $(GCC_VERSION) -ge 440 && echo 1), 1)
>> +ifeq ($(shell test $(GCC_VERSION) -ge 44 && echo 1), 1)
>
> Hi,
>
> I see this has been applied already but to me this version is less clear than the previous patch version.
>
> And are we sure we won't need the micro-version. If we do, to account for something broken in a point release of gcc, we will have to redo this patch again.

Sure? I'm not enough of a fool to say yes to a question like that. I 
just know it hasn't been needed before, and it seems unlikely it will be 
needed later on either, gcc micro-version updates tend to be conservative.

My only interest here was to fix the version comparisons in a way that 
makes gcc 5 naturally supported, and I dont really give a damn whether 
there's a micro-version involved or not :) If you feel strongly about 
it, send a patch. I'm not going to object.

	- Panu -