The minimum acceptable version is raised from 5 to 6. There were no objections on the mailing list for doing so in the mainline, see https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2021-August/031899.html.
This patch also reverts the workaround that was introduced in JDK-8252797 to support gcc 5.x. ------------- Commit messages: - 8256977: Bump minimum GCC from 5.x to 6 for JDK Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5452/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=5452&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8256977 Stats: 5 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 4 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5452.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/5452/head:pull/5452 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5452
