Re: [RFC] Replicate src dir in build dir

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54@gmx.com>]

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On 04.10.2017 00:04, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 10/03/2017 09:16 PM, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>> On 03.10.2017 22:02, Pedro Alves wrote:
>>> On 09/29/2017 08:23 PM, Yao Qi wrote:
>>>> +
>>>> +case "${targ}" in
>>>> +*-*-freebsd* | *-*-kfreebsd*-gnu)
>>>> +	os_obs="fbsd-tdep.o solib-svr4.o";;
>>>> +*-*-netbsd* | *-*-knetbsd*-gnu)
>>>> +	os_obs="nbsd-tdep.o solib-svr4.o";;
>>>> +*-*-openbsd*)
>>>> +	os_obs="obsd-tdep.o solib-svr4.o";;
>>
>> There does not exist any GNU/kNetBSD distribution and nobody is doing
>> it. Please drop it.
> 
> Well, "does not exist" is a bit misleading, since there's
> https://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ .  (I had no idea about it,
> but google found it...)
> 

It was never finished and quickly abandoned. There was never a
functional GNU/kNetBSD distribution and nobody from the NetBSD community
aims for one.

There were other projects like reuse Gentoo portage on NetBSD, but this
does not replace the base distribution, just host the packaging tool on top.

> However, that page does say:
> 
>   This porting effort has long been abandoned. It has had no updates since october 2002.
>   The informations in this page are only for historical purposes. 
> 
> So it really sounds like we could zap it.  Ideally that should be a
> separate commit, with a gdb/NEWS entry change, and we'd drop
> it everywhere it's mentioned, not just configure.tgt.
> 
> "git grep knetbsd" finds hits in bfd and ld too, btw.
> 
> GCC dropped support last year, BTW:
> 
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-06/msg01370.html
> 
> which is another nail in the coffin...
> 

Right, I prompted to drop it in GCC and asked on a NetBSD mailing-list
whether someone is interested in such project - without volunteers.

> Thanks,
> Pedro Alves
> 



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