David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I ran into the c99 test balloon. I get the (expected?) c99 build > errors and an uncompress2 build error with RHEL7.9's stock gcc 4.8.5. > > Are we dropping support for RHEL7.9? No. Our expectation is that those who care about various distros and platforms supply patches like ... > Using NO_UNCOMPRESS2=YesPlease and CFLAGS += -std=c99 in config.mak ... this, but not locallly but to config.mak.uname, to help the users and builders on their favorite systems. It is better done sooner rather than later. > works but I'm not sure if we actually expect users to deal with those > details themselves. Users would not have to, as long as somebody else on the list uses the smea system as theirs cares enough to supply such patches to config.mak.uname. > Sorry for being out of the loop on the plan for older toolchains, but > I wasn't sure if we should be expecting a patch that configures the > default flags so that things build out of the box again or if this is > considered the new status quo and we're okay regressing? Obviously the former. This is a team effort and everybody who finds new issues is very appreciated to chip in.
