Fwd: GCC 4.7.0 Release Candidate available from gcc.gnu.org

[Sebastian Huber]

On 03/05/2012 04:39 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 03/05/2012 12:14 PM, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 03/05/2012 12:03 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>> arm-rtems* fails with this:
>>> ...
>>> *** Configuration arm-unknown-rtems4.11 is obsolete.
>>> *** Specify --enable-obsolete to build it anyway.
>>> *** Support will be REMOVED in the next major release of GCC,
>>> *** unless a maintainer comes forward.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> ... I am speechless about this jerkery :(
>>
>> This configuration is in fact obsolete. Anyone using it should switch to
>> the EABI configuration as soon as possible.
>
> Keyword: _should_ ... compare this to your "short enums" issues.

Everything has two sides.

>
> I read this as "wishful thinking outrules reason and practice".

You should read this as "it is past time to abandon an obsolete and 
unmaintained configuration".  The EABI for ARM is available in GCC since 2004.

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-12/msg00692.html

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