[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] build: specify minimum versions of make and binutils
>>> On 19.01.16 at 20:24, <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1/19/16 2:48 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>>> On 18.01.16 at 18:21, <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 1/18/16 11:03 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>>>>> On 18.01.16 at 17:53, <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of make and >>>>> binutils need to be supported document them explicitly. The version of >>>>> binutils that had to be supported was mentioned in >>>>> http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-01/msg00609.html >>>>> as 2.17. Knowing that Jan got these versions from SLES10 I looked up the >>>>> version of GNU make from the same vintage (mid-2006) and landed on 3.81. >>>> >>>> I'm afraid that same SLE10 has been using binutils 2.16.9<n>.<something> >>>> and make 3.80. While (still building Xen there once in a while) I'd >>>> probably >>>> not be in big trouble if we decided we don't want to support that old an >>>> environment anymore, I don't think we can just go and document higher >>>> versions than we so far allowed. We'd first need to settle on where to >>>> draw the line nowadays (which then likely would mean a gcc minimal >>>> version bum too). >>> >>> Not a problem. I was just trying to take the situation from a guessing >>> game to be explicitly called out. I was documenting what my logic was >>> behind the version numbers I selected. I wasn't able to compare dates >>> with binutils because their repo goes from 2003 to 2011 [1]. So I went >>> back to SLES10's release date [2] and the GCC 4.1.0 release date [3] to >>> compare it with GNU make [4]. >>> >>> Honestly I'd be happy if we just drew a line in the sand so that its >>> clear what I need to test against when I submit patches. I don't really >>> care where the line is. >> >> Then how about 2.16.1 and 3.80 respectively as the initial line? > > Sounds great to me. Would you like me to resubmit or do you want to make > that change. I'm ok if you throw away my patch and author it yourself. > Whatever is easiest for you (or whoever commits it). I'd prefer if you re-submitted. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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