[LTP] [RFC PATCH 1/1] config.mk: Explicitly set used C and C++ standard

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Thu Apr 27 15:22:55 CEST 2017


Hi Cyril,

> > IMHO If we really want to require old standard, we should explicitly say which one.
> > I suppose passing a flag is appropriate way than to use c89 as CC variable.

> Where do we say that we require old standard?
We don't, I just understood it from Alexeys' comments.

[1]:
Please also use checkpatch and fix any errors/warnings reported:
    total: 5 errors, 37 warnings

[2]:
Used default options for gcc in OL6, I guess in my case it has --std=gnu89
by default and you have something different, may be gnu99...

> All I can think of is that we should produce portable code, which is
> something completely different that sticking to a single C standard
> revision...
Make sense :-). Thanks for your comments, please forget on the patch.


Kind regards,
Petr

[1]: http://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2017-April/004230.html
[2]: http://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2017-April/004315.html


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