libstdc++ bootstrap failures on sparc-sun-solaris2.8 (analyzed)

[Richard Henderson]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 08:21:33PM -0400, Phil Edwards wrote:
> If `isainfo` doesn't include sparcv9, then we need to treat 64-bit
> solaris like any other cross-compile; the hardware becomes irrelevent.

Err.. no.  You've missed my point.  Yes, one should have a 
fallback strategy if you can't run 64-bit executables.

My point is that it's a waste of effort to check `isainfo`
or any other os-specific widgetry.  Just run the program and
fall back if the execution fails.


r~