[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

[Benjamin Peterson]

Benjamin Peterson  added the comment:


New changeset 9a978ddb93bf5eaa519916d9a40c4fa4edf5d854 by Fangrui Song in 
branch 'master':
closes bpo-39575: Change -lgcov to --coverage. (GH-18382)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9a978ddb93bf5eaa519916d9a40c4fa4edf5d854


--
nosy: +benjamin.peterson
resolution:  -> fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
status: open -> closed

___
Python tracker 

___
___
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com

[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

[MaskRay]

Change by MaskRay :


--
keywords: +patch
pull_requests: +17768
stage:  -> patch review
pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18382

___
Python tracker 

___
___
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com

[issue39575] `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov

[MaskRay]

New submission from MaskRay :

This allows clang to get rid of the dependency on libgcov.
When linking, GCC passes -lgcov while clang passes the path to 
libclang_rt.profile-$arch.a

--
components: Build
messages: 361528
nosy: MaskRay
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: `coverage` build target should use --coverage instead of -lgcov
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.9

___
Python tracker 

___
___
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com