>>> If all goes well, I'd like to release 4.7.0 in about three weeks. >> >> I'll drop it on Solaris. Give it a push. Do we realy really need that >> ppl/cloog stuff? I have never seen it build and pass any tests, ever, >> even once, on Solaris with or without Sun Studio compilers or GCC or >> prayer and geek magic under a full moon. Seriously. > > Given that PPL is a C++ library, you need to build it with g++ since > Studio CC and g++ aren't ABI-compatible. > > That said, I'm using them in my Solaris GCC bootstraps, although it > admittedly took some effort to build initially and using it requires you > to jump through hoops to get the configure options right. I agree that > this is an incredible mess right now.
I found it too be entirely too much work to be trusted and considered stable long term. So therefore I generally kick ppl/cloog to the curb and focus on core c,c++ gfortan and ada with objc thrown in without the ppl/cloog bits at all. I have been very happy with my results and the recent 4.6.3 RC was the most clean and pure results I have seen to date, on Solaris 8 old Sparc no less : http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2012-02/msg02786.html >> So really, it that stuff a "need" or a "nice to have" ? > > install.texi documents them as optional: > > Necessary to build GCC with the Graphite loop optimizations. > > but that sentence could probably be clarified. Would be cool to say "entirely optional". dc -- -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x1D936C72FA35B44B +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Dennis Clarke | Solaris and Linux and Open Source | | dcla...@blastwave.org | Respect for open standards. | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
