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From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 07:51:23 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure GCC with --enable-initfini-array [BZ #27945]
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On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 7:01 AM Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2021, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
> > I am checking in this patch now.
>
> Please see my previous comment.  If adding such a configure option that
> won't be needed with future GCC versions, you also need to add a comment
> saying what GCC version makes that option no longer required.

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-November/132797.html

> > > > It's one more thing to track when to remove when the minimum GCC version
> > > > for building glibc increases.  (We have such a comment on the use of
> > > > --disable-libcilkrts.  We ought to have one on the use of
> > > > --disable-libmpx.  If we used --enable-initfini-array, that should have
> > > > such a comment as well.)
>
> --
> Joseph S. Myers
> joseph@codesourcery.com



-- 
H.J.