Since QEMU commit 74a1b256d775 ("configure: Bump minimum Clang version
to 10.0"), or QEMU v8.0, Clang 10.0 is now the minimum to build QEMU.
QEMU 8.0 fails to build on Ubuntu Bionic.
Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
---
Notes:
I've tested that change here, with QEMU v8.0.2:
https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/anthonyper/xen/-/pipelines/902576734
automation/scripts/build | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/automation/scripts/build b/automation/scripts/build
index 38c48ae6d8..b4edcf010e 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/build
+++ b/automation/scripts/build
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ else
fi
# Qemu requires Python 3.5 or later, and ninja
+ # and Clang 10 or later
if ! type python3 || python3 -c "import sys; res = sys.version_info < (3, 5); exit(not(res))" \
+ || [[ "$cc_is_clang" == y && "$cc_ver" -lt 0x0a0000 ]] \
|| ! type ninja; then
cfgargs+=("--with-system-qemu=/bin/false")
fi
--
Anthony PERARD
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> Since QEMU commit 74a1b256d775 ("configure: Bump minimum Clang version
> to 10.0"), or QEMU v8.0, Clang 10.0 is now the minimum to build QEMU.
>
> QEMU 8.0 fails to build on Ubuntu Bionic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> I've tested that change here, with QEMU v8.0.2:
> https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/anthonyper/xen/-/pipelines/902576734
>
> automation/scripts/build | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/automation/scripts/build b/automation/scripts/build
> index 38c48ae6d8..b4edcf010e 100755
> --- a/automation/scripts/build
> +++ b/automation/scripts/build
> @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ else
> fi
>
> # Qemu requires Python 3.5 or later, and ninja
> + # and Clang 10 or later
> if ! type python3 || python3 -c "import sys; res = sys.version_info < (3, 5); exit(not(res))" \
> + || [[ "$cc_is_clang" == y && "$cc_ver" -lt 0x0a0000 ]] \
> || ! type ninja; then
> cfgargs+=("--with-system-qemu=/bin/false")
> fi
> --
> Anthony PERARD
>
On 19/06/2023 10:09 am, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> Since QEMU commit 74a1b256d775 ("configure: Bump minimum Clang version
> to 10.0"), or QEMU v8.0, Clang 10.0 is now the minimum to build QEMU.
>
> QEMU 8.0 fails to build on Ubuntu Bionic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
Lovely...
Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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