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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2024-12-24 05:20:43 +0800
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2024-12-24 16:16:38 +0800
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NEWS: Mention testing glibc build with a different set of compilers
Also document C and C++ compilers used to test glibc should come from the same set of compilers. Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
-rw-r--r--INSTALL6
-rw-r--r--NEWS11
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi7
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 85c8e4c..717b34a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization. For example:
$ ../glibc-VERSION/configure CC="gcc -m32" CFLAGS="-O3"
- To test the GNU C Library with a different C compiler or a different
-C++ compiler, 'TEST_CC=COMPILER' and 'TEST_CXX=COMPILER' arguments can
-be passed to 'configure'. For example:
+ To test the GNU C Library with a different set of C and C++
+compilers, 'TEST_CC=COMPILER' and 'TEST_CXX=COMPILER' arguments can be
+passed to 'configure'. For example:
$ ../glibc-VERSION/configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a185f2e..4ceecd6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ Version 2.41
Major new features:
+* Support testing glibc build with a different set of C and C++ compilers
+ from the C and C++ compilers used to build glibc with
+
+ $ ../configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"
+
+ And support testing glibc build with Clang
+
+ $ ../configure TEST_CC="clang" TEST_CXX="clang++"
+
+ Some run-time failures with Clang are expected.
+
* In /etc/resolv.conf and the RES_OPTIONS, option flags can now be
prefixed with “-” to clear previously set flags. For example, if
/etc/resolv.conf contains “options no-aaaa”, a process running with
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 61745b8..05a774b 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ and @theglibc{} cannot be compiled without optimization, so if
$ ../glibc-@var{version}/configure CC="gcc -m32" CFLAGS="-O3"
@end smallexample
-To test @theglibc{} with a different C compiler or a different C++
-compiler, @samp{TEST_CC=@var{compiler}} and
-@samp{TEST_CXX=@var{compiler}} arguments can be passed to
-@code{configure}. For example:
+To test @theglibc{} with a different set of C and C++ compilers,
+@samp{TEST_CC=@var{compiler}} and @samp{TEST_CXX=@var{compiler}}
+arguments can be passed to @code{configure}. For example:
@smallexample
$ ../glibc-@var{version}/configure TEST_CC="gcc-6.4.1" TEST_CXX="g++-6.4.1"