https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110592
--- Comment #4 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> --- > Note that this makes it impossible for distributions to default to sparc v7 > with an unmodified gcc. > > Only options are > - locally patch (fix) gcc > - provide separate distribution binaries for v7 and v8 > - drop support for v7 completely > > ... which all three sound bad to me. Well, you need to elaborate a bit here, because the current configuration has been there for a quarter of century and everybody had apparently survived it until a couple of days ago.
