svn commit: r268137 - head/sys/sys

[Pedro Giffuni]

On 06/21/15 09:44, Oliver Pinter wrote:
> On 6/21/15, Pedro Giffuni <pfg at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/21/15 06:49, Oliver Pinter wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Btw, is there anyone, who tries to compile the _recent_ head or
>>> 10-STABLE with gcc-4.x>= ?
>>>
>> Sure, MIPS, powerpc and sparc64 still use gcc-4.2.1 so
>> every time we run a tinderbox it's tested. More recently
>> jenkins also runs builds with gcc-4.9.
>>
>> https://jenkins.freebsd.org/job/FreeBSD_HEAD_amd64_gcc4.9/
> Yes, I known about gcc-4.2, but who uses older gcc than 4.0 (that's
> why I wrote gcc-4.x >= ) with recent HEAD (11-CURRENT) ?
>
ohh .. then you wrote is not what you meant ...

I agree no one should be using ancient compilers but it may
be that some downstream FreeBSD consumers are using
custom compilers that still need a C90 or C89 support.

As I wrote, I tried to get the core team to deprecate at least
gcc-2.8.1 so I could use variadic macros in cdefs.h and there
was no consensus. (The topic may still be under debate for
for all I know)

Pedro.