Re: Minimal recommended version of gcc/libgccjit for native-comp

[Andrea Corallo]

wilde@sha-bang.de writes:

> Hi Andrea,
>
> Andrea Corallo via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org> 
> wrote:
>> wilde@sha-bang.de writes:
>>> As there are many distribution and systems out there supported by GNU
>>> Emacs which provide wide variety of gcc versions I wonder which versions
>>> are considered sufficient for the new native compilation feature.
>>
>> AFAIR we don't depend on any specific entry point that was added in
>> recent times into libgccjit, so in theory I *think* 6 should work.  That
>> said old libgccjit (read < 8) AFAIK have not been tested much if any
>> with Emacs.  You can maybe have a go an report :)
>
> Thanks for your reply, also thanks to Stefan and Eli for the
> assessments.  We are giving it a try (actually a colleague at work will
> be the primary tester).  The build (with NATIVE_FULL_AOT) and first
> tests (e.g. using gnus) worked smoothly so far.

Nice

> I'll report any serious problems.  In the hope I don't forget to do so
> I'll also report any positive experience after a few weeks of use...  :)

Thanks!

  Andrea