Re: Archaeology question : what is the last release to support XYZ ?

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Hi!

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 08:35:32AM -0500, Dennis Clarke via Gcc-help wrote:
>     Digging around in the various pages and manuals on gcc.gnu.org has
> not shed light on what release supports what OS/arch. The real question
> is what was the last release to support AIX ver x.y on IBM RS/6000 or
> perhaps some variation of HP/UX on an old SuperDome?

The RS/6000 hardware has not been for sale since 2000.  The rs6000-aix
triples still work (for all GNU projects, not just GCC), but they
obviously have not been tested for over ten years, and I'm trying to
prevent any new use of those triples.  I probably should remove it from
config.gcc some day :-)

>     If anyone knows where inside the source tree one would find such a
> list of "supported" and/or "obsoleted” systems that would be so very
> helpful to those of us that drag around museum pieces.[1]

For some targets (that have been actively unsupported, mainly) this is
handled in configure.ac .  Most targets just die out slowly, and no one
even tries to use them anymore, and then one day someone looks and the
target is so broken and has been for so long, that it can just as well
just be deleted there and then.


Segher



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