Paul Eggert wrote: > On 01/18/12 15:13, Joel E. Denny wrote: >> Perhaps we should consider removing djgpp >> support instead of trying to maintain it. >> Does anyone know if it actually works correctly anymore? > > The last djgpp port was of Bison 2.4.1 (dated 2008); > the port is dated more than two years ago > <http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.msdos.djgpp/msg/acb00acf38959aac>. > > Given Bruno's comments and this history, I wouldn't worry about > continuing to support djgpp. If djgpp developers come to us later > and provide patches, we can resurrect the port. > > I'm CC'ing this to Juan Manual Guerrero to give him a heads-up. > Juan, the URL for Joel's email is > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2012-01/msg00054.html>.
For reference, I removed lots of ancient portability cruft from gzip back in August, after a warning/rfc a few months prior. That included some msdoc/djgpp support, and no one has complained since.
