From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 17:45:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F0A51065697; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9758D8FC1C; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:45:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so1048629bwz.13 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:45:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=oco37uhWHPS15IL89HVZos8k6wqtaYFmygBhWJS2N7k=; b=GlxG8c7H2jvRmXofnIbSou7C6tGbbV3aVueiP2/HQuyridaUbcMnl8fpAwbdsZw6wP 7RAydiPUKkQ2Y7AlD0aX2IsfDdrgPQ4U8gSw/nlpgUbeNiJalIROMnnXOfE/fv4aPtt7 llBEGB55d+iPGUjUDBcyy6RmJE85gkuivMiZQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=nrb6d42m9eNS6dlmmQzkVp07XGpeYCh0itsbqXXHu7IzXsabD7aw6a7PBKbwZ6BkoJ j+JHiiwiS18jFdN8AEaTrUo8GphaERlOXah3aud1VTPTd3fWTaYVj7joZ2SeCLb/91xz vPMD0xxIQBPR00p/tJPlMVWe22e/cNyCx0M/M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.47.193 with SMTP id o1mr5659420bkf.134.1282151924459; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Sender: yanegomi@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.82.6 with HTTP; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:18:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:18:44 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: q2fieduYVMFfXkP8Y5AWbZ4Z1Oo Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Rui Paulo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "arch@freebsd.org" , "current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Removal of ICC (intel compiler) bits from mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:45:49 -0000 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Rui Paulo wrote: > Hi, > I've been chatting with the ICC ex-users and they seem to be ok with the removal of the ICC bits from share/mk and other places. > The reason is that it doesn't work and no one has volunteered to fix it for many years. This seems to indicate that the interest in ICC is low. > If there's anyone against this, speak now or forever be silent. :-) Later versions of icc are more gcc compliant aren't they? If so, wouldn't this also be a non-issue to remove the bits, or are there still some incompatibilities between gcc and icc that are worth noting? Thanks, -Garrett