build: use gcc-8 as default on ubuntu 18.04
Type: improvement
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ else ifeq ($(filter rhel centos fedora opensuse opensuse-leap opensuse-tumblewee
PKG=rpm
endif
+# on ubuntu 18.04 prefer gcc-8 if it is installed and CC is not set
+ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID)-$(CC)-$(shell which gcc-8 > /dev/null; echo $$?),18.04-cc-0)
+ CC = gcc-8
+endif
+
# +libganglia1-dev if building the gmond plugin
DEB_DEPENDS = curl build-essential autoconf automake ccache
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),16.04)
else ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),18.04)
DEB_DEPENDS += python-dev
DEB_DEPENDS += libssl-dev
+ DEB_DEPENDS += gcc-8
else ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),20.04)
LIBFFI=libffi7
else ifeq ($(OS_ID)-$(OS_VERSION_ID),debian-8)
