[Bug other/79046] g++ -print-file-name=plugin uses full version number in path

pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Thu Jan 12 18:43:00 GMT 2017


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79046

--- Comment #7 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Dave Johansen from comment #6)
> Could that be made a guarantee? Right now, having to build plugins against
> the full version of GCC is a major pain for distributions and saying that
> GCC plugins are API/ABI stable for a major version would eliminate that pain
> point.

It is a major pain to do it really.  Since the plugin ABI/API right now is the
internals of GCC.  This is something which is mentioned over and over again but
until someone makes a true plugin API, it is not going to happen.


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