https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79341
--- Comment #9 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- gcc/configure.ac has: # Determine the version of glibc, if any, used on the target. AC_MSG_CHECKING([for target glibc version]) AC_ARG_WITH([glibc-version], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-glibc-version=M.N], [assume GCC used with glibc version M.N or later])], [ if [echo "$with_glibc_version" | grep '^[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*$']; then glibc_version_major=`echo "$with_glibc_version" | sed -e 's/\..*//'` glibc_version_minor=`echo "$with_glibc_version" | sed -e 's/.*\.//'` else AC_MSG_ERROR([option --with-glibc-version requires a version number M.N]) fi], [ glibc_version_major=0 glibc_version_minor=0 [if test -f $target_header_dir/features.h \ && glibc_version_major_define=`$EGREP '^[ ]*#[ ]*define[ ]+__GLIBC__[ ]+[0-9]' $target_header_dir/features.h` \ && glibc_version_minor_define=`$EGREP '^[ ]*#[ ]*define[ ]+__GLIBC_MINOR__[ ]+[0-9]' $target_header_dir/features.h`; then glibc_version_major=`echo "$glibc_version_major_define" | sed -e 's/.*__GLIBC__[ ]*//'` glibc_version_minor=`echo "$glibc_version_minor_define" | sed -e 's/.*__GLIBC_MINOR__[ ]*//'` fi]]) AC_MSG_RESULT([$glibc_version_major.$glibc_version_minor]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TARGET_GLIBC_MAJOR], [$glibc_version_major], [GNU C Library major version number used on the target, or 0.]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TARGET_GLIBC_MINOR], [$glibc_version_minor], [GNU C Library minor version number used on the target, or 0.]) The problem is that this isn't available in the toplevel configure when sourcing libsanitizer/configure.tgt to decide easily on UNSUPPORTED. So we'd have to say supported there and later perhaps change that. Seems we have already a precedent, libsanitizer/configure.ac has: AC_MSG_CHECKING([for necessary platform features]) case "$target" in *-*-linux*) # Some old Linux distributions miss required syscalls. sanitizer_supported=no AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/syscall.h>],[ syscall (__NR_gettid); syscall (__NR_futex); syscall (__NR_exit_group); ], [sanitizer_supported=yes]) ;; *) sanitizer_supported=yes ;; esac AC_MSG_RESULT($sanitizer_supported) AM_CONDITIONAL(SANITIZER_SUPPORTED, test "$sanitizer_supported" = yes) so it should then for s390*-*-linux* also test for glibc >= 2.19 using AC_TRY_COMPILE and preprocessor macros or so?