ports lang/gcc4x fail to build on ia64

Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt at mac.com
Mon Aug 17 17:11:39 UTC 2009


On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, C. Bergström wrote:

> Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 17, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Open64 is highly optimized for IA-64, but also needs a GCC front- 
>>>> end
>>>> to function.  In regards to this there may be code or bug fixes
>>>> floating around.
>>>
>>> but there's no Open64 FreeBSD port, is there?
>>
>> No. Open64 is barely portable. I used to work on it while at HP,
>> so I know that it's not a trivial thing to fix.
> Please see my patch I linked to before.  (I forget the exact amount,  
> but yes the patch touches like ~400 files)  I agree that Open64 is  
> currently not very portable, but I am working on that.  Over time  
> you'll see the build process and various things cleaned up.

Please keep me informed so that I can create a port for it.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt at mac.com





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