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Subject: Re: removing support for ICC??
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Hi,

On 09/11/2012, at 1:04 AM, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> on 07/11/2012 23:17 Alexander Leidinger said the following:
>> cdefs.h is not only used in the kernel, but also in the userland.
>> Anything from userland which includes cdefs.h and may also compile on
>> other operating systems benefits from keeping this support in =
cdefs.h.
>=20
> Do you _honestly_ believe in this?
> That somebody might compile something using our cdefs.h on other OS =
and might use
> the Intel compiler for that and the compilation might even work with =
the version
> of icc that they use?
>=20
> P.S. I am not questioning your statement, just really curios, because =
I have never
> heard about such things before.

I occasionally use the Dignus C/C++ compiler to target IBM z/OS (aka =
MVS).

Its runtime library is a copy of FreeBSD's, and it includes cdefs.h. So, =
yes, I compile code on a non-FreeBSD system to target a non-Unix system =
with FreeBSD's cdefs.h. It does happen.

Regards,

Jan.