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Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers
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Daniel P . Berrangé |
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Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers |
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Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:53:03 +0100 |
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 08:47:25PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:55 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 07:32:38PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 7:24 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 06:50:12PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:46 PM Marc-André Lureau
> > > > > <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 6:37 PM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 20/04/2022 16.10, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 05:26:00PM +0400,
> > > > > > > > marcandre.lureau@redhat.com wrote:
> > > > > > > >> From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> According to our configure checks, this is the list of
> > > > > > > >> supported
> > > > > > > >> compilers.
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> > > > > > > >> Reviewed-by: Damien Hedde <damien.hedde@greensocs.com>
> > > > > > > >> ---
> > > > > > > >> docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 10 ++++++++++
> > > > > > > >> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
> > > > > > > >> b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
> > > > > > > >> index c29a4b8fe649..1980c5d2476f 100644
> > > > > > > >> --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
> > > > > > > >> +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
> > > > > > > >> @@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ hosted on Linux (Debian/Fedora).
> > > > > > > >> The version of the Windows API that's currently targeted is
> > > > > > > >> Vista / Server
> > > > > > > >> 2008.
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> +Supported compilers
> > > > > > > >> +-------------------
> > > > > > > >> +
> > > > > > > >> +To compile, QEMU requires either:
> > > > > > > >> +
> > > > > > > >> +- GCC >= 7.4.0
> > > > > > > >> +- Clang >= 6.0
> > > > > > > >> +- XCode Clang >= 10.0
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Do we need to spell out the versions explicitly ? These
> > > > > > > > versions are
> > > > > > > > all derived from what's available in the repos of the supported
> > > > > > > > build
> > > > > > > > platforms, similar to any other build deps we have. I don't
> > > > > > > > think we
> > > > > > > > want to start a precedent of duplicating versions in this doc
> > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > build deps we have, and there's nothing particularly special
> > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > compilers in this respect.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I agree with Daniel - when I saw this patch, the first thought
> > > > > > > that I had
> > > > > > > was: "This will be getting out of sync quickly" ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't have the impression we bump our compiler requirement
> > > > > > regularly
> > > > > > or lightly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > so I'd also recommend to rather not add this here.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Outdated documentation is still better than no documentation. YMMV.
> > > > >
> > > > > Another question that is difficult to answer without being familiar
> > > > > with QEMU details is whether it can compile with MSVC. This
> > > > > documentation would, since it is explicit about the requirement.
> > > >
> > > > Documenting that we mandate GCC or Clang is reasonable. Ideally we could
> > > > have a list of all 3rd party deps we have in fact, I'm just not a fan of
> > > > copying the version numbers across from configure/meson.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I agree, duplicating the version information is not optimal... Yet it
> > > is better than not having it, or having to read or run configure imho.
> > >
> > > Sorry (or not) to insist, but it would help having an explicit list of
> > > supported compilers in the human doc (because configure/meson doesn't
> > > rule others out, afaik, nor it really can or should)
> >
> > Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean, but configure certainly
> > does rules out other compilers, giving a clear message:
> >
> > if ! compile_prog "" "" ; then
> > error_exit "You need at least GCC v7.4 or Clang v6.0 (or XCode Clang
> > v10.0)"
> > fi
> >
>
> How can this test fail with other compilers?
This is just the error reporting, look at the code above it for the
full compiler check....
With regards,
Daniel
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- [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, (continued)
- [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, marcandre . lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Thomas Huth, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers,
Daniel P . Berrangé <=
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Thomas Huth, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Thomas Huth, 2022/04/20
- Re: [PATCH 17/41] doc/build-platforms: document supported compilers, Marc-André Lureau, 2022/04/20
[PATCH 18/41] osdep.h: move qemu_build_not_reached(), marcandre . lureau, 2022/04/20
[PATCH 20/41] include: move qemu_msync() to osdep, marcandre . lureau, 2022/04/20
[PATCH 19/41] compiler.h: replace QEMU_NORETURN with G_NORETURN, marcandre . lureau, 2022/04/20