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Re: update config.guess in 3.0?
- To: Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>
- Subject: Re: update config.guess in 3.0?
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 14:35:32 -0700
- CC: Blair Kelly III <bfkelly at afterlife dot ncsc dot mil>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200106042024.QAA05993@hades> <20010604152400.B17021@disaster.jaj.com>
Phil Edwards wrote:
>
> It's a bit late in the game for 3.0. What would this gain? We'd be able
> to better identify many systems, but if we don't have backend ports for
> those systems already, what would be the point?
If you got better heuristics for mapping systems to existing triples,
you'd win even if the rest of GCC didn't change. This also points
up the hazard of sucking into 3.0 at a late date, which is that a
mistake in config.* might map a supported system to a bogus triple,
so adding it in now is a little risky. Hopefully there aren't any
regressions!
For the next release it would be good to set a post-branch date at
which the final config.* import should happen, so it can be as late
as possible without crumbling tested configs...
Stan