From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13809 invoked by alias); 9 Apr 2008 00:20:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 13800 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Apr 2008 00:20:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.codesourcery.com (HELO mail.codesourcery.com) (65.74.133.4) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:20:01 +0000 Received: (qmail 28895 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2008 00:19:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.2?) (mitchell@127.0.0.2) by mail.codesourcery.com with ESMTPA; 9 Apr 2008 00:19:59 -0000 Message-ID: <47FC0BA9.2060403@codesourcery.com> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:40:00 -0000 From: Mark Mitchell User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org CC: David Edelsohn Subject: Re: [ping] Re: RFA: Improve 128-bit long double configure test References: <20071115192757.GA7557@caradoc.them.org> <20080306203322.GA13983@caradoc.them.org> In-Reply-To: <20080306203322.GA13983@caradoc.them.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00741.txt.bz2 Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: >> What do you think? Is the approach OK? How about the shell scripting >> choices? > > Ping. Patch is here: > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-11/msg00861.html > Mark asked whether we could remove the autodetection entirely, or > use it to AC_WARN instead of changing the ABI based on configure > tests. I have no strong feeling about this, but while the check is > there I would like it to be more reliable. I still think it would be better to ditch this, but I don't want to do anything here without PowerPC maintainer approval. So, if David doesn't comment (positively) on removing the check entirely within 72 hours, please go ahead with your patch. Thanks, -- Mark Mitchell CodeSourcery mark@codesourcery.com (650) 331-3385 x713