From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE [129.70.160.84]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 468C53858D37; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:11:07 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 468C53858D37 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4066E8F6BC; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:11:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE Received: from smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BRN6LwWwi_64; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:11:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from manam.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (p4fddbb33.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [79.221.187.51]) by smtp.CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C46B58F8A2; Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:11:05 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE; s=20200306; t=1594638665; bh=93jjO7ZCfJWQJCdxxuiWhFZ+P9Kuj7CGtrTukNvR2rQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=OhseN6foM9FNGXxAvckC0HPtD/m4EvqOKyllS2ZDc56mWug/MSzpB/UjUYsd+NQpL UjvyAnCh/S2Yfi4tPpU8+ehM5cUvKKu+WvT82q8zDvGQ2m/wnJqGKWvx+WD+JpnfNh sNgN8HFxWD9Zvpdvc9r9/pdn3TOAA9f94LmSy3NS4Xj6gb+ejDsBX/SPXCZLfQuP3D OEN1wIt0vyZ4+Fn+YhF7tYtniPswVbZ2jt/la2bHBi8vdI+yEwBGW1Ra1xvJvAjV0M 3OICpJtOybb2Pr3e2YKfo7dA9dTcuGICpcEdATIZ2qkrfU2MT3fiZSLnmV+TIQ0It+ 8hHgOQNaeadbg== From: Rainer Orth To: Alan Modra Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Support for alpha-osf, mips-irix References: <20200713104919.GG31072@bubble.grove.modra.org> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:11:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200713104919.GG31072@bubble.grove.modra.org> (Alan Modra's message of "Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:19:19 +0930") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3790.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:11:09 -0000 Hi Alan, > On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 04:21:54PM +0200, Rainer Orth wrote: >> Every once in a while I come across references to Tru64 UNIX >> (alpha*-dec-osf*) > > If you'd like to remove this config triple I think you could go ahead, > but it doesn't buy us much really unless alpha-linuxecoff is also > removed. I'm unsure as to how much use alpha-linuxecoff gets these > days. Probably not much. It looks like it was removed from gcc in > 2002. indeed, just like MIPS/ECOFF. That's my point about those removals: if there isn't a current version of GCC to support the targets, keeping binutils support doesn't buy anyone a thing, not even the enthusiasts that keep those machines alive. One might include those targets in config.bfd's list of obsolete targets on the 2.35 branch so potential remaining users get prominent notice about the removal. Than at some point during the 2.36 cycle they could be removed unless someone steps up to do the maintenance. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University