Re: build/1411: Build of gdb-6.0 on hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 fails

["John David Anglin" <dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca>]

The following reply was made to PR build/1411; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John David Anglin" <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
To: chastain@sourceware.org, chastain@sourceware.org,
   dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca, gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com,
   nobody@sources.redhat.com, gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Cc: chastain@sourceware.org, dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca,
   gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com, nobody@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: build/1411: Build of gdb-6.0 on hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 fails
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:21:10 -0500 (EST)

 > Synopsis: Build of gdb-6.0 on hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 fails
 > 
 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: unassigned->chastain
 > Responsible-Changed-By: chastain
 > Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Dec 13 05:31:06 2003
 > Responsible-Changed-Why:
 >     
 >     Mine.
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended
 > State-Changed-By: chastain
 > State-Changed-When: Sat Dec 13 05:31:06 2003
 > State-Changed-Why:
 >     HP removed hpux 10.20 from its corporate price list on 2002-06-30 and
 > dropped product support for hpux 10.20 on 2003-06-30.  We are likely to drop
 > support for hpux 10.20 in gdb as well.
 
 Under hppa64-hp-hpux11.11, building 6.0:
 
 gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I. -I../../gdb/readline -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"4.3"' -g -O2 ../../gdb/readline/vi_mode.c
 ../../gdb/readline/vi_mode.c: In function `_rl_vi_change_mbchar_case':
 ../../gdb/readline/vi_mode.c:691: error: `mbrtowc' undeclared (first use in this function)
 ../../gdb/readline/vi_mode.c:691: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
 ../../gdb/readline/vi_mode.c:691: error: for each function it appears in.)
 
 Are you now going to consider dropping 11.00 and 11.11 support?  They
 apparently don't don't build either.  Is HP making decisions for the gdb
 project?  Are you applying the same standards to all OS's that are not
 supported?  Do you plan to drop 11i1.5 on ia64.  It is very similar at
 least from an OS standpoint to 11i on the PA?  It was obsoleted before
 10.20.  It appears from your response that PA-RISC support within the
 gdb project is seriously threatened.
 
 Forgive me for my cynical response, but I don't expect this kind of answer
 to a report for a relatively minor configuration problem.  A bug report
 isn't the place to discuss target support issues.  6.0 was released with
 nominal support for hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20.
 
 GCC first deprecates a target, then removes it in the following release
 if sufficient interest hasn't been expressed to revive it.  This seems
 like a good model.  GCC still supports 10.X, so you will be leading GCC
 if you drop support for 10.X at this point in time.
 
 Dave
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 J. David Anglin                                  dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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