[PATCH 00/31] VAX: Bring the port up to date (yes, MODE_CC conversion is included)

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2020, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

>  These changes have been regression-tested throughout development with the 
> `vax-netbsdelf' target running NetBSD 9.0, using said VAXstation 4000/60, 
> which uses the Mariah implemementation of the VAX architecture.  The host 
> used was `powerpc64le-linux-gnu' and occasionally `x86_64-linux-gnu' as 
> well; changes outside the VAX backend were all natively bootstrapped and 
> regression-tested with both these hosts.

 I forgot to note that I have been going through this final verification 
with the native compiler and the `vax-netbsdelf' cross-compiler built with 
it both configured with `--disable-werror'.  This is due to a recent 
regression with the Go frontend causing a build error otherwise:

.../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-diagnostics.cc: In function 'std::string expand_message(const char*, va_list)':
.../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-diagnostics.cc:110:61: error: '<anonymous>' may be used uninitialized [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  110 |                      "memory allocation failed in vasprintf");
      |                                                             ^
In file included from .../prev-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/string:55,
                 from .../gcc/go/go-system.h:34,
                 from .../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-linemap.h:10,
                 from .../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-diagnostics.h:10,
                 from .../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-diagnostics.cc:7:
.../prev-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.h:525:7: note: by argument 3 of type 'const std::allocator<char>&' to 'std::__cxx11::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::basic_string(const _CharT*, const _Alloc&) [with <template-parameter-2-1> = std::allocator<char>; _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>]' declared here
  525 |       basic_string(const _CharT* __s, const _Alloc& __a = _Alloc())
      |       ^~~~~~~~~~~~
.../gcc/go/gofrontend/go-diagnostics.cc:110:61: note: '<anonymous>' declared here
  110 |                      "memory allocation failed in vasprintf");
      |                                                             ^
cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [.../gcc/go/Make-lang.in:242: go/go-diagnostics.o] Error 1

the cause for which I decided I could not afford the time to track down.  
Perhaps it has been fixed since, but mentioning it in case it has not.

 Earlier verification iterations were done with `--enable-werror-always'.

  Maciej