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Diffstat (limited to 'eclass/toolchain.eclass')
| -rw-r--r-- | eclass/toolchain.eclass | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/eclass/toolchain.eclass b/eclass/toolchain.eclass index ea1e1f3c5b65..7e4f8774f3c1 100644 --- a/eclass/toolchain.eclass +++ b/eclass/toolchain.eclass @@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ toolchain_src_configure() { fi if tc_version_is_at_least 4.8 && in_iuse sanitize ; then - confgcc+=( $(use_enable sanitize libsanitizer) ) + # See Note [implicitly enabled flags] + confgcc+=( $(usex sanitize '' --disable-libsanitizer) ) fi if tc_version_is_at_least 6.0 && in_iuse pie ; then @@ -2494,3 +2495,19 @@ toolchain_death_notice() { popd >/dev/null fi } + +# Note [implicitly enabled flags] +# ------------------------------- +# Usually configure-based packages handle explicit feature requests +# like +# ./configure --enable-foo +# as explicit request to check for suppor of 'foo' and bail out at +# configure time. +# +# GCC does not follow this pattern an instead overrides autodetection +# of the feature and enables it unconditionally. +# See https://gcc.gnu.org/PR85663 +# +# Thus safer way to enable/disable the feature is to rely on implicit +# enabled-by-default state: +# econf $(usex foo '' --disable-foo) |