Work around GCC bug in .fail.cpp tests
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libcxx/trunk@261391 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/test/libcxx/test/format.py b/test/libcxx/test/format.py
index aaa9a18..865869a 100644
--- a/test/libcxx/test/format.py
+++ b/test/libcxx/test/format.py
@@ -161,7 +161,13 @@
'expected-error', 'expected-no-diagnostics']
use_verify = self.use_verify_for_fail and \
any([tag in contents for tag in verify_tags])
- extra_flags = ['-fsyntax-only']
+ # FIXME(EricWF): GCC 5 does not evaluate static assertions that
+ # are dependant on a template parameter when '-fsyntax-only' is passed.
+ # This is fixed in GCC 6. However for now we only pass "-fsyntax-only"
+ # when using Clang.
+ extra_flags = []
+ if self.cxx.type != 'gcc':
+ extra_flags += ['-fsyntax-only']
if use_verify:
extra_flags += ['-Xclang', '-verify',
'-Xclang', '-verify-ignore-unexpected=note']
