Re: [fixinc patch] Remove bogus special fixincludes for Interix

["Douglas B Rupp" <rupp at gnat dot com>]

Is there an easy way to test this without doing a build?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathanael Nerode" <neroden@twcny.rr.com>
To: <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>; <bkorb@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:03 PM
Subject: [fixinc patch] Remove bogus special fixincludes for Interix


> OK.  alpha-*-interix* is not supported.  i?86-*-interix* theoretically is.
> But the current fixincludes for interix is just wrong.  Through careful
> examination of the code, I can say that there is never a stddef.h
> in the "include" directory when fixincludes is run by the GCC build.  (The
> directory is cleared immediately prior.)
> And it's just dangerous to run this script outside that situation.
>
> This leaves some question as to whether to do no fixing for Interix, or
> to do it in the standard way.  I propose doing it in the standard way,
> and if Interix users complain, dealing with it then.  (I can't test this
> on Interix, obviously, but I'm guessing it will be an improvement over the
> current situation.)
>
> * fixinc/fixinc.interix: Remove.
> * fixinc/mkfixinc.sh: Remove special treatment of Interix.
>
> Index: mkfixinc.sh
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/fixinc/mkfixinc.sh,v
> retrieving revision 1.49
> diff -u -r1.49 mkfixinc.sh
> --- mkfixinc.sh 8 Jul 2003 05:49:59 -0000 1.49
> +++ mkfixinc.sh 8 Jul 2003 21:58:01 -0000
> @@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
>          fixincludes=fixinc.svr4
>          ;;
>
> -    i?86-*-interix* | \
> -    alpha-*-interix*)
> -        fixincludes=fixinc.interix
> -        ;;
> -
>      i?86-*-openbsd*)
>          fixincludes=fixinc.wrap
>          ;;
> Index: fixinc.interix
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: fixinc.interix
> diff -N fixinc.interix
> --- fixinc.interix 13 Mar 2003 03:01:25 -0000 1.4
> +++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
> @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
> -#!/bin/sh
> -rm -f include/stddef.h
> -exit
>
> --
> Nathanael Nerode  <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
> http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html