Re: PR/53178 CVS commit: src/tools

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 06:20:01AM +0000, Soren Jacobsen wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR toolchain/53178; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: "Soren Jacobsen" <snj%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%gnats.NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: PR/53178 CVS commit: src/tools
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 06:15:26 +0000
> 
>  Module Name:	src
>  Committed By:	snj
>  Date:		Fri Apr 13 06:15:26 UTC 2018
>  
>  Modified Files:
>  	src/tools: Makefile.gnuhost
>  
>  Log Message:
>  GCC build exceeds the macOS clang default bracket nesting level of 256.
>  Work around with -fbracket-depth=512.
>  
>  From potr in PR toolchain/53178.

This is not an appropriate fix. It assumes blindly that the host
compiler is clang on OSX and doesn't address the reverse case of using
clang on non-OSX at all. There is a reason why this patch hasn't been
committed before.

Joerg