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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2024-11-27 15:43:18 +1300
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2024-11-27 15:43:18 +1300
commitf00c401c65afa2cf18f0d67d13eeb382df84c37b (patch)
tree190fa820691a2e19236d7e24fd7a3bdfc5771307 /configure.ac
parent88a16b3dbb16dc127894ad56c57c53d309ae816a (diff)
If a C23 compiler is detected, try asking for C17.
Branches before 16 can't be compiled with a C23 compiler (see deprecation warnings silenced by commit f9a56e72, and non-back-patchable changes made in 16 by commit 1c27d16e). Test __STDC_VERSION__, and if it's above C17 then try appending -std=gnu17. The test is done with the user's CFLAGS, so an acceptable language version can also be configured manually that way. This is done in branches 15 and older, back to 9.2, per policy of keeping them buildable with modern tools. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87o72eo9iu.fsf%40gentoo.org
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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 00b91ab2c3e..78f819b262d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -459,6 +459,26 @@ else
BITCODE_CXXFLAGS="-O2 $BITCODE_CXXFLAGS"
fi
+# We use C constructs that became invalid in C23. Check if the compiler
+# reports a standard higher than C17, with the flags selected above (so the
+# user can control the language level explicitly to avoid the gcc/clang-only
+# fallback logic below if preferred).
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $CC reports a C standard higher than ISO C17])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [@%:@if __STDC_VERSION__ > 201710L
+choke me
+@%:@endif])], [POSTC17=no], [POSTC17=yes])
+AC_MSG_RESULT(${POSTC17})
+
+# If a too recent standard was detected with the user's CFLAGS, try asking for
+# C17 with GNU extensions explicitly.
+if test "$POSTC17" = yes; then
+ old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ PGAC_PROG_CC_CFLAGS_OPT([-std=gnu17])
+ if test "$CFLAGS" = "$old_CFLAGS"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot proceed])
+ fi
+fi
+
# C[XX]FLAGS we determined above will be added back at the end
user_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
CFLAGS=""