On Thu, 24 May 2018, Jeff Law wrote:
> > I can try to fix openbsd soon, but freebsd dropped alpha in 2009.
> > How does gcc feel about me picking up patches from openbsd ports, their
> > package manager, that weren't written by myself?
> So ISTM we should deprecate freebsd alpha.
Ab-so-lutely. In fact, just yank it out, without any deprecation.
% grep sparc $PORTSDIR/lang/gcc*/Makefile | grep -i alpha | wc -l
0
None of the GCC ports in the FreeBSD Ports Collection (the oldest of
which is gcc47 right now) has had any trace of alpha support left for
years and years, and there have been zero requests/complaints.
Gerald
