[llvm-dev] unable to compile llvm with gcc 4.7.4

[Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev]

> On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:01 AM, via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 06:58:36AM -0700, Teresa Johnson wrote:
>> +pcc who added the NativeObjectStream class
>> 
>> Looks like a known gcc bug, fixed in 4.8:
>> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53613
>> 
>> Not sure what we do in cases like this, if it is a gcc bug.
> 
> The compilation of many tools makes gcc 4.7.4 crash with an internal compilation
> errors.
> 
> Is there a new official stand regarding gcc 4.7 and llvm?
> 
> Because docs/CodingStandards.rst and docs/GettingStarted.rst reference gcc 4.7
> as a supported c++ compiler (with c++11-ish and c++98).


gcc 4.7 is considered supported, as pointed by the documentation.

If we don’t have bots that build with it though, it is hard to back this claim in practice though…

— 
Mehdi