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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 17/21] gcc-plugins: always build plugins with C++
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:29 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> If the target compiler is GCC 4.8 or newer, plugins are compiled with
> HOSTCXX. Otherwise, gcc-plugin.sh will select HOSTCC or HOSTCXX.
>
> To simplify things, drop the HOSTCC support for plugins. If you use
> GCC plugins, the requirement for the target compiler is GCC 4.8 (or
> older compiler with necessary features backported). This is a feature
> for advanced users, so this requirement would not be a big deal.
> Currently, building plugins requires GCC 4.5, so this is not a big jump.

Emese already NAKed this, and I'd agree. 4.5 to 4.8 is quite a jump
(see all the threads on minimum gcc versions). Until we're at 4.8 as a
minimum, let's leave this as-is. "To simply things" doesn't seem like
a good enough reason to me.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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