On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:28:08 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > Also: this patch is Linux-only. I'll ask for help from build experts to > > make the tests GCC-only; it's not clear to me how. > > @theRealAph We currently have a more or less 1-to-1 relationship between OS > and compiler. From a portability perspective this is not ideal, but it is > also hard to keep some kind of theoretical barrier when it never is tested. I see. > Are you worried that this is a problem that occurs with gcc on other > platforms as well, or that it occurs on linux with other compilers than gcc? The former. > We do not support gcc on macos, windows or aix, which leaves linux as the > only gcc platform in the mainline (ports in separate repos will have to > handle this themselves). We do support using clang on linux instead of gcc > (but do not test it regularly). But my impression here is that this is more > of a gcc-problem than a linux problem..? Probably, yes. I'm happy just to fix it on Linux. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10661
