alpha-linux-x-mn10300-elf won't build libstdc++

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Apr 21, 2000, Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 06:50:28AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> For some reason, this bug doesn't show up on x86 or sparc, but it
>> causes `movu' to be inappropriately used while building libstdc++ on
>> alpha-linux-x-mn10300-elf.  Ok to install?

> No.  You're papering over the code that's assuming 32-bit ints.

But target ints *are* 32-bits long.  I can't see anything wrong with
the code, except that it's assuming val contains something meaningful
when it doesn't.

> You'll want to change the masks and tests to assume sign-extended
> values.

But the point is exactly not to have sign-extended values.  More
significant bits don't matter here.

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