Andreas Sturmlechner <[email protected]> writes:
> Every once in a while, a package requires a really up to date active compiler
> in order to build successfully. ecm.eclass had inherited such a mechanism,
> albeit GCC specific, from older kde* eclasses. I don't think that is a good
> place for it so I suggest to add a more universal function to
> toolchain-funcs.eclass.
>
> Similar to tc-check-openmp.
LGTM, but please CC eclass maints in future.
>
>
> eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass b/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
> index 2911ed66e63c..cd3dcf000db7 100644
> --- a/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
> +++ b/eclass/toolchain-funcs.eclass
> @@ -647,6 +647,50 @@ _tc-has-openmp() {
> return ${ret}
> }
>
> +# @FUNCTION: tc-check-min_ver
> +# @USAGE: <gcc or clang> <minimum version>
> +# @DESCRIPTION:
> +# Minimum version of active GCC or Clang to require.
> +#
> +# You should test for any necessary minimum version in pkg_pretend in order
> to
> +# warn the user of required toolchain changes. You must still check for it
> at
> +# build-time, e.g.
> +# @CODE
> +# pkg_pretend() {
> +# [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && tc-check-min_ver gcc 13.2.0
> +# }
> +#
> +# pkg_setup() {
> +# [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && tc-check-min_ver gcc 13.2.0
> +# }
> +# @CODE
> +tc-check-min_ver() {
> + do_check() {
> + debug-print "Compiler version check for ${1}"
> + debug-print "Detected: ${2}"
> + debug-print "Required: ${3}"
> + if ver_test ${2} -lt ${3}; then
> + eerror "Your current compiler is too old for this
> package!"
> + die "Active compiler is too old for this package (found
> ${2})."
> + fi
> + }
> +
> + case ${1} in
> + gcc)
> + tc-is-gcc || return
> + do_check GCC $(gcc-version) ${2}
> + ;;
> + clang)
> + tc-is-clang || return
> + do_check Clang $(clang-version) ${2}
> + ;;
> + *)
> + eerror "Unknown first parameter for ${FUNCNAME} - must
> be gcc or clang"
> + die "${FUNCNAME}: Parameter ${1} unknown"
> + ;;
> + esac
> +}
> +
> # @FUNCTION: tc-check-openmp
> # @DESCRIPTION:
> # Test for OpenMP support with the current compiler and error out with
