Re: [PATCH v2] OvmfPkg/build.sh: Make GCC5 the default toolchain, catch GCC43 and earlier

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 11/23/16 15:55, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> On 11/23/16 03:36, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> From Laszlo:
>> " change the catch-all (*) to GCC5, from GCC44
>> - remove the (5.*.*) pattern from GCC49
>> - add a branch (with multiple patterns if necessary) for gcc-4.3 and
>>   earlier to exit with an error message / failure (those compiler
>>   versions are unsupported)"
>>
>> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62
>> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
>> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@kernel.org>
>> ---
>> v1: First submission
>> v2: Redo it per Laszlo suggestion.
>>
>>  OvmfPkg/build.sh | 11 +++++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/OvmfPkg/build.sh b/OvmfPkg/build.sh
>> index eb5eb73..cab7c70 100755
>> --- a/OvmfPkg/build.sh
>> +++ b/OvmfPkg/build.sh
>> @@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ case `uname` in
>>    Linux*)
>>      gcc_version=$(gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -1 | awk '{print $3}')
>>      case $gcc_version in
>> +      4.1.[0-0].*|4.2.*|4.3.*)
> 
> * The [0-0] bracketed expression will work as expected, but it's
> somewhat unusual :) Is it intentional?
> 
> * If it's a typo, are you okay if I replace it with a plain 0 on commit?

On a second thought, perhaps you meant

  4.0.*|4.1.*|4.2.*|4.3.*)

or

  4.[0-3].*)

If you wish to re-submit for this, we could consider those pre-4
releases as well:

  [1-3].*|4.[0-3].*)

Thanks!
Laszlo

> * Also, IIRC, Olaf considered pre-4.0 gcc releases as well (rejecting
> them of course), which is sort of meant as part of "gcc-4.3 and
> earlier". But, given your extensive testing with old distros (thanks for
> that!), I think it's safe to ignore pre-4.0 gcc releases altogether.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> Laszlo
> 
>> +        echo OvmfPkg requires GCC4.4 or later
>> +        exit 1
>> +        ;;
>> +      4.4.*)
>> +        TARGET_TOOLS=GCC44
>> +        ;;
>>        4.5.*)
>>          TARGET_TOOLS=GCC45
>>          ;;
>> @@ -95,11 +102,11 @@ case `uname` in
>>        4.8.*)
>>          TARGET_TOOLS=GCC48
>>          ;;
>> -      4.9.*|4.1[0-9].*|5.*.*)
>> +      4.9.*)
>>          TARGET_TOOLS=GCC49
>>          ;;
>>        *)
>> -        TARGET_TOOLS=GCC44
>> +        TARGET_TOOLS=GCC5
>>          ;;
>>      esac
>>  esac
>>
>