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Re: arc-*-* was Re: Target deprecation, round three
Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at OARcorp dot com> writes:
>
> > I see no indication that the ARC is actively maintained. I filed
> > PR3587 against GCC 3.0 on 6 July 2001. This PR is a fundamental
> > problem in the file config/arc/t-arc and it doesn't build.
> ...
> > I don't see a post with this patch to gcc-patches in the March 2002
> > time frame to t-arc but apparently Jakub had to have fixed it then.
> > Whether it was posted or not, it was never merged and no one noticed.
>
> Does this mean that you're willing to see the port dropped from GCC?
> Or would you rather we fixed it?
I have no personal interest in the arc port. It is just a random cross
that I have in my set of targets to see if they compile. On general
principle, it should be fixed.
I think that the fact it has been uncompileable since at least 3.0 is
an indication of how little interest there is in it. So I have trouble
seeing how there are any users. Richard Kenner is listed as maintainer.
What does he think?
I don't care either way. Keep it and fix it or deprecate it. Don't
leave
it broken. :)
> zw
--joel