From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14120 invoked by alias); 12 Mar 2012 18:56:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 14103 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Mar 2012 18:56:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (HELO smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE) (129.70.160.84) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:55:59 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5129C60D; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:55:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (malfoy.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id doFQgcgmVwet; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:55:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.161.120]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-relay.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D722C60C; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:55:56 +0100 (CET) Received: (from ro@localhost) by manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5/Submit) id q2CIttWk025215; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:55:55 +0100 (MET) From: Rainer Orth To: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) Cc: mikestump@comcast.net, ebotcazou@adacore.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, iant@google.com, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Remove obsolete Solaris 8 support References: <43D69F8C-3FCE-4915-A211-6F04466DB8CB@comcast.net> <20120312184916.EAE8F33C83@vlsi1.gnat.com> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:56:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20120312184916.EAE8F33C83@vlsi1.gnat.com> (Richard Kenner's message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:49:16 EDT") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2012-03/txt/msg00846.txt.bz2 kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes: >> One of the nice things about gcc is that gcc usually still works, >> long after a vendor has abandoned a machine. I rather like that gcc >> will just work, unlike vendor software, which often says, please buy >> a new machine. One doesn't have to remove support in gcc for >> something, just because a vendor doesn't support it. That said, >> truly crufty things, should go. > > I agree. If it's not causing a serious maintenance issue, I see no > reason to remove it. It does, unfortunately: Solaris 8 is even worse wrt. to C99 and POSIX.1 conformance than Solaris 9, especially in the areas of TLS and thread support, as I've found the hard way during the GCC 4.7 cycle. There are all sorts of quirks, and the OS is now 12 years old. I see better ways to spend my (volunteer) time. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University