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| -rw-r--r-- | build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx b/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx index 9e90017..4f11cbd 100644 --- a/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx +++ b/build2/cc/compile-rule.cxx @@ -2008,9 +2008,10 @@ namespace build2 // args.push_back ("-MF"); - // GCC is not capable of writing the dependency info to - // stdout. We also need to sense the diagnostics on the -E - // runs. + // GCC until version 8 was not capable of writing the + // dependency info to stdout. We also need to sense the + // diagnostics on the -E runs (which we do by redirective + // stderr to stdout). // if (cid == compiler_id::gcc) { |