RFR: 8351241: Require minimum gcc version 12

[Erik Joelsson]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 07:54:51 GMT, SendaoYan <syan at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > After [JDK-8345627](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8345627), the minumum gcc version should be 12
> > 
> > 
> > Or JDK-8345627 change should only be enabled when gcc version is >= 12.
> 
> JDK-8345627 has already check the gcc compiler support -ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern or not by macro function FLAGS_COMPILER_CHECK_ARGUMENTS. If the gcc do not support -ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern option, this option will not take effect during configure.
> 
> So it's not a issue actually?

It shouldn't be, unless you have actually tried building the JDK with a lower version and it failed.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23913#issuecomment-2701065029