From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 21:58:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5351E106566B for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFD08FC16 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:58:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KOg9u-0003il-4E; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:08 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.238]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KOg9s-0006JQ-Ub; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:05 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6VLw3nU035285; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m6VLw3xX035284; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:03 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Gerald Pfeifer Message-ID: <20080731215803.GA35238@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20080708091924.GA9171@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lang/gcc42 on alpha X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:58:10 -0000 On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:19:11AM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Hi Anton, > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I've been using lang/gcc42 on alpha for more than a year now. > > My calculation shows that the port was updated 25 times during > > last year. Each time I upgraded the port with no problem, except > > for as failure, which happens on my i386 just the same: > > thanks for the report. This is the first feedback I got during the > more than three years that we have had NOT_FOR_ARCHS=alpha for the > newer lang/gcc ports. > > > Accordingly I wonder why lang/gcc42 is still marked > > NOT_FOR_ARCHS= alpha > > > > Are there other alpha users who have trouble with this port? > > The original reports that triggered this change came from the FreeBSD > Ports Build Cluster. I did some archeology, and here is what I had sent > to a member of the portmgr team back than in response, which resulted in > the suggestion to use NOT_FOR_ARCHS: > > I just wasted a couple of ours bringing sparc64 back to bootstrap-land > for GCC 4.0 and GCC 4.1 because *nobody*, not a single FreeBSD developer > or user apparently tried to build either for many moons. And now the > same is starting for alpha; isn't that a waste of our time, for the sake > of one or two enthusiasts? > > I'm fine giving it a try and remove NOT_FOR_ARCHS=alpha for lang/gcc42. > If there are problems with it, I may ask you for help or put this back > in, though. ;-) Gerald, many thanks. Yes, please do this. I'm happy to help with testing. thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423