From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 17 17:11:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94AED106568B for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:11:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout027.mac.com (asmtpout027.mac.com [17.148.16.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFEB8FC66 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:11:39 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp027.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KOJ00EFB6FDVW40@asmtp027.mac.com> for freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:11:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <4A898CA7.4030603@osunix.org> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:11:37 -0700 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <20090817135752.GA73485@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090817143602.GB2365@lonesome.com> <20090817145124.GA89493@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4A8972E8.9050002@osunix.org> <20090817153311.GA91430@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <3929045E-8E90-4998-B9A2-30AE59B38EE4@mac.com> <4A898CA7.4030603@osunix.org> To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?C._Bergstr=F6m?=" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1074) Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports lang/gcc4x fail to build on ia64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:11:39 -0000 On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, C. Bergstr=F6m wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> >> On Aug 17, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >>>> >>>> Open64 is highly optimized for IA-64, but also needs a GCC front-=20= >>>> end >>>> to function. In regards to this there may be code or bug fixes >>>> floating around. >>> >>> but there's no Open64 FreeBSD port, is there? >> >> No. Open64 is barely portable. I used to work on it while at HP, >> so I know that it's not a trivial thing to fix. > Please see my patch I linked to before. (I forget the exact amount, =20= > but yes the patch touches like ~400 files) I agree that Open64 is =20 > currently not very portable, but I am working on that. Over time =20 > you'll see the build process and various things cleaned up. Please keep me informed so that I can create a port for it. --=20 Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com