From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.160.84]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4D80384B821; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:21:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E4D80384B821 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3796827D9; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:21:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tPoDevNWLH2V; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:21:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (p4fddbb33.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.221.187.51]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9057782A2D; Thu, 9 Jul 2020 16:21:55 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE; s=20200306; t=1594304515; bh=L078FfoqQQCqyyRfjyM+KbjQR+uYIEs/QY6cLGqImAY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Mg64UPiD9LtMtB+tdvH8WTHcPAAc+jdXwLoFGxsy8WBd6kBF6vTqjs9LCyqeExs+3 6qFcFqEjgd/VlYywElRCuNMKm8FTPgT+OrIwPNbuoaiykRg9XAhWoebEEix+ZjA16N WVTrwSTrFIjSRH8f+eK5tCs47oM+32gEv6CFzHaKHW1t8kl5QonT2bIpm3hYWYeSD3 apveXVsZ+2VoLPwTC+1bIEqKRxpzTXwY2nZWkJF4rLXSDJtkLSIozd4aHYwAua8ghR I5fKHvG5xieS1jlOTfi8ftQa8a7d8d5kyoYprx1zpEGca9gUfNMDjWfI9qf2jbe0lL U8TM628M1mluA== From: Rainer Orth To: binutils@sourceware.org Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Support for alpha-osf, mips-irix Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:21:54 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3790.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:21:58 -0000 Every once in a while I come across references to Tru64 UNIX (alpha*-dec-osf*) and SGI IRIX in the binutils-gdb tree. This seems strange given that the last versions supported by GCC (Tru64 UNIX V5.1 and IRIX 6.5) were obsoleted in GCC 4.7 back in 2012 and removed in GCC 4.8. GDB took a bit longer, but GDB 7.9 removed support for both as well in 2015, although a few references have been overlooked. Both platforms are long obsolete and I strongly suspect there's no one to benefit from continued support (whatever that means) in binutils alone. Any objections to removing support completely? I'm not yet certain how either or both is entangled with code for other targets still supported (alpha-linux, mips-linux). There's even more prehistoric cruft, btw., e.g. references to mips-ultrix ;-) Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University