Bug 1999118

Summary:	gdb: Switch expression default for long double to binary128 on ppc64le
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Florian Weimer <fweimer>
Component:	gdb	Assignee:	Kevin Buettner <kevinb>
Status:	CLOSED EOL	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	36	CC:	dan, jan, jan.kratochvil, keiths, kevinb, mcermak, pmuldoon, sergiodj
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Description Florian Weimer 2021-08-30 12:54:47 UTC

It is likely that at some point during the Fedora 36 development cycle, we are going to switch the representation of long double on ppc64le from IBM double-double to IEEE binary128.

In general, GDB uses DWARF information from the program to determine the variant but there is a default for expressions the user enters, and this default will have to be adjusted.

It is not quite time yet for this change; this bug just serves as a reminder that we have to make it eventually.

Comment 1 Dan Horák 2022-01-26 19:23:56 UTC

ping, GCC 12 in F-36 has switched to the IEEE format on ppc64le

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2022-02-08 20:42:11 UTC

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 36 development cycle.
Changing version to 36.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2023-04-25 16:44:09 UTC

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Comment 4 Ludek Smid 2023-05-25 17:18:38 UTC

Fedora Linux 36 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-05-16.

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