Convert 3.2 sources to ISO C90

law@redhat.com law@redhat.com
Wed Jun 5 23:18:00 GMT 2002


In message <20020606060331.GI724@rjlhome.caldera.com>, Robert Lipe writes:
 > 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.
I agree it's not any different in theory.  THe problem is HP has consistently
made major changes that have affect the compiler -- enough such that using
old tools to start the bootstrap process hasn't been an option.

jeff



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