8215296: do not disable c99 on Solaris - was :RE: disabled c99 in Solaris builds

[Baesken, Matthias]

Hello, I created :

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215296

8215296:   do not disable c99 on Solaris


Best regards, Matthias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Barrett <kim.barrett at oracle.com>
> Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2018 16:41
> To: Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>
> Cc: Baesken, Matthias <matthias.baesken at sap.com>; David Holmes
> <david.holmes at oracle.com>; Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>;
> build-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: disabled c99 in Solaris builds
> 
> > On Dec 12, 2018, at 9:11 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie
> <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2018-12-12 14:29, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
> >>> I'd recommend a separate change to remove the -xc99=%none%. That's
> >>> trivial and can be done immediately, to the benefit of everyone. Getting
> >>> C++14 working is not happening quickly.
> >> Ok, do you prefer just removing the old setting or setting
> >>
> >>
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37069_01/html/E37074/bjapp.html#OSSCGgnj
> mw
> >>
> >> –std=value  (–std=c99)
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >> Best regards, Matthias
> > Erm, I don't know. :-) No preference, really. But setting -std=c99 is fine, I
> think.
> 
> We’re also currently using -Xa, which is incompatible with -std=<anything>.
> (That one is also being removed by the changes for C++14 support.)