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Re: Convert 3.2 sources to ISO C90
law@redhat.com wrote:
> However, we still have the problem of how do we bootstrap on new versions
> of hpux -- they're notorious for changing more than just the header files.
> We could easily end up in a situation where the binaries we have simply
> aren't suitable for new versions of hpux, at which point were're rather
> hosed.
How is this different from any other OS that may change under us? If
the OS changes in some horrible way that makes it incompatible with a
previous version, someone with a supported compiler (vendor, cross,
previous gcc, whatever) has to build it to make it available to the next
generation.