On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 01:36:35PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 01:32:01PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:42:08 -0500
> > Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > + ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS := 1
> > > +    endif
> > > +  endif
> > > +endif
> > > +
> > > +# Jump labels need '-maccumulate-outgoing-args' for gcc < 4.5.2 to 
> > > prevent
> > 
> > Can we make a test instead? I hate testing versions, and things get
> > backported all the time. We usually like to have a test case instead of
> > relying on versions. Not to mention, a newer gcc may one day break.
> 
> Tests are generally better, but I'm not sure how to test for this
> cleanly.  The test is rather big for embedding in a makefile:
> 
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=22199
> 
> Any ideas?

After some snooping I discovered there's some precedent for doing this
in the scripts/gcc-*.sh files.  So maybe I'll add a test there and call
it from the Makefile.

-- 
Josh

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