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Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler-gcc: get back Clang build
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On Wed, 2018-08-22 at 06:16 +0200, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> I think that could work, but at the point making a separate
> compiler-common.h and not including compiler-gcc.h for clang sounds
> better to me... More importantly here, either solution sound complex
> enough to require more than a few days and proper testing for all archs
> etc when compared to the partial revert we have here.

The immediate need for a partial revert seems unnecessary as
clang hasn't really worked for a couple releases now.

The separate compiler file changes are much more sensible,
even if it takes a few days.