* utils/msdos, go32 status?
@ 2002-04-03 13:30 Nathanael Nerode
2002-04-03 20:23 ` DJ Delorie
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From: Nathanael Nerode @ 2002-04-03 13:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb
I have been told that the utils/msdos subdirectory is obselete. I want
to verify this before autoconfiscating utils.
Currently, utils/msdos is enabled if (and only if) either the host
or the target is *-*-go32. I have no idea what go32 is, but someone
who does might be able to verify either that it is obselete, or that it
no longer needs utils/msdos.
(If utils/msdos is not obselete, I would have to autoconfiscate it
first. If it is obselete, I don't.)
--Nathanael
neroden@doctor.moo.mud.org
neroden@twcny.rr.com
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* Re: utils/msdos, go32 status?
2002-04-03 13:30 utils/msdos, go32 status? Nathanael Nerode
@ 2002-04-03 20:23 ` DJ Delorie
2002-04-03 21:01 ` Stan Shebs
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: DJ Delorie @ 2002-04-03 20:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: neroden; +Cc: gdb
> I have been told that the utils/msdos subdirectory is obselete. I want
> to verify this before autoconfiscating utils.
It is obsolete, and has been for about five years. You may assume it
doesn't exist. I don't even know why we're storing AMD's proprietary
binaries there.
> Currently, utils/msdos is enabled if (and only if) either the host
> or the target is *-*-go32. I have no idea what go32 is, but someone
> who does might be able to verify either that it is obselete, or that it
> no longer needs utils/msdos.
go32 means "DJGPP Version 1", which was superceded by V2 in 1996. V2
is called i586-pc-msdosdjgpp, but is incompatible with the modules in
utils/msdos. See http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
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* Re: utils/msdos, go32 status?
2002-04-03 20:23 ` DJ Delorie
@ 2002-04-03 21:01 ` Stan Shebs
2002-04-03 21:08 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-04-03 21:11 ` DJ Delorie
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stan Shebs @ 2002-04-03 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: DJ Delorie; +Cc: neroden, gdb
DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > I have been told that the utils/msdos subdirectory is obselete. I want
> > to verify this before autoconfiscating utils.
>
> It is obsolete, and has been for about five years. You may assume it
> doesn't exist. I don't even know why we're storing AMD's proprietary
> binaries there.
Goes back to the days when building DOS programs was a skill known
to few :-), and it was expedient to retain the binaries built from
the sources in utils/amd-udi (which should also evaporate when we
get rid of a29k support).
Stan
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* Re: utils/msdos, go32 status?
2002-04-03 21:01 ` Stan Shebs
@ 2002-04-03 21:08 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-04-03 21:11 ` DJ Delorie
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Cagney @ 2002-04-03 21:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stan Shebs; +Cc: DJ Delorie, neroden, gdb
> DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>>
>
>> > I have been told that the utils/msdos subdirectory is obselete. I want
>> > to verify this before autoconfiscating utils.
>
>>
>> It is obsolete, and has been for about five years. You may assume it
>> doesn't exist. I don't even know why we're storing AMD's proprietary
>> binaries there.
>
>
> Goes back to the days when building DOS programs was a skill known
> to few :-), and it was expedient to retain the binaries built from
> the sources in utils/amd-udi (which should also evaporate when we
> get rid of a29k support).
Can you please bug report that (the delete utils/amd-udi bit)? I'll
otherwise forget.
Andrew
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* Re: utils/msdos, go32 status?
2002-04-03 21:01 ` Stan Shebs
2002-04-03 21:08 ` Andrew Cagney
@ 2002-04-03 21:11 ` DJ Delorie
2002-04-03 21:37 ` Stan Shebs
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: DJ Delorie @ 2002-04-03 21:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: shebs; +Cc: neroden, gdb
> > It is obsolete, and has been for about five years. You may assume it
> > doesn't exist. I don't even know why we're storing AMD's proprietary
> > binaries there.
>
> Goes back to the days when building DOS programs was a skill known
> to few :-), and it was expedient to retain the binaries built from
> the sources in utils/amd-udi (which should also evaporate when we
> get rid of a29k support).
I know what they are (heck, I did the a29k port to dos), but the
utils/amd-udi directory does not contain sources for them all.
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* Re: utils/msdos, go32 status?
2002-04-03 21:11 ` DJ Delorie
@ 2002-04-03 21:37 ` Stan Shebs
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stan Shebs @ 2002-04-03 21:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: DJ Delorie; +Cc: neroden, gdb
DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > > It is obsolete, and has been for about five years. You may assume it
> > > doesn't exist. I don't even know why we're storing AMD's proprietary
> > > binaries there.
> >
> > Goes back to the days when building DOS programs was a skill known
> > to few :-), and it was expedient to retain the binaries built from
> > the sources in utils/amd-udi (which should also evaporate when we
> > get rid of a29k support).
>
> I know what they are (heck, I did the a29k port to dos), but the
> utils/amd-udi directory does not contain sources for them all.
Hmmm, didn't know that, didn't even remember you being involved
with the a29k port...
Stan
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