Re: [PATCH] Config.mk: correct gcc5 check

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 31.03.2025 17:22, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 31/03/2025 1:06 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 31.03.2025 14:01, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Passing the -dumpversion option to gcc may only print the major version
>>> (for 4.x.y it printed major and minor, which in nowaday's scheme is then
>>> indeed just 5 for 5.x).
>> I meanwhile notice that my self-built compilers print 3 digits, so there
>> really is a point to doc saying
>>
>> "Depending on how the compiler has been configured it can be just a single
>> number (major version), two numbers separated by a dot (major and minor
>> version) or three numbers separated by dots (major, minor and patchlevel
>> version)."
>>
>> I've locally changed the above to
>>
>> (my system 4.x.y printed major and minor, which in nowaday's scheme is
>> then indeed just 5 for 5.x, which in turn is what my secondary system
>> compiler does)
> 
> Oh, that's useless.
> 
> Do all versions provide __GNUC_MINOR__ correctly?

I'm entirely sure they do.

Jan