Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:18:44 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> Cc: "arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removal of ICC (intel compiler) bits from mk Message-ID: <AANLkTimCdcBvgBt1sr2y1_=6fOEGWFFxa=hRwQ5vzyhT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E604222D-A731-4F0E-BF21-FF7F4306A899@gmail.com> References: <E604222D-A731-4F0E-BF21-FF7F4306A899@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> 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
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