Mark Searles writes:
> I apologize if this is a non-helpful answer - there's an expectation
> that it may be opened in the future, but there is no specific
> requirement/timetable to do so.
Ok. So far we've live without the source, so this will have to continue
for some time. I only thought it might be easier to release assembler
sources compared to the full Studio compilers.
> > * In the past, it used to be possible to build GCC on x86 with the Sun as
> > at least for the 32-bit case. When I recently tried this, I failed
> > miserably. This may well be a GCC bug (I'll check) or a workaround might
> > be possible. For the 64-bit case, it was never possible to use anything
> > but GNU as, although I filed some bug reports early during the
> > CodeSourcery port to Solaris 10/x64. Would it be worthwhile to file bugs
> > to get this fixed? Recent Sun Studio Express release notes seem to
> > indicate that fbe has been updated to be more gas compatible lately.
> > Alternatively, one could declare defeat and just use gas with GCC.
>
> I'd request that you submit the bugs. I maintain as-on-Sparc so I can't
> speak to the priority that the as-on-x86 bugs would receive. But I can
> say that it's a great help to have them reported.
Ok, will do. As I wrote elsewhere in this thread, the latest as patch and
Studio 13 fbe both look better in the 32-bit case. I'll have to check for
amd64, though.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
