Re: ppc64el: IEEE 128-bit long double instead of IBM 128-bit long double
On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 11:42:54AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 8/5/25 13:29, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > For the opening of trixie, both GCC and LLVM are prepared to change the
> > long double ABI from IBM 128-bit long double to IEEE 128-bit long
> > double. That is a change that other distros did long ago.
> >
> > For reference, please see
> > https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/05/16/benefits-fedora-38-
> > long-double-transition-ppc64le#
> >
> > I'm proposing to do this "transition" inline, doing just no-change
> > binNMUs in most cases. long double in the ABI is not that common.
> > Afaiu, Fedora and OpenSUSE did it this way, and also Ubuntu is doing it
> > currently this way. Ubuntu also has a (maybe incomplete) list of
> > packages, which require binNMUs.
>
> with GCC 15 now as the default, we are starting with the sourceful no-change
> uploads, as suggested by Graham. Progress is tracked in
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/ToolChain/IEEELongDouble
Is gcc-14 with the changed ABI equivalent?
I am asking since the uploads you did so far did build with gcc-14.
cu
Adrian
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