Re: [PATCH] Delete GCJ

Iain Sandoe <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Oct 2016 19:39:55 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gcc.java.patches,gmane.comp.gcc.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On 4 Oct 2016, at 18:23, Mike Stump <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Oct 4, 2016, at 1:41 AM, Andrew Haley <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On 04/10/16 09:39, Rainer Orth wrote:
>>> Hi Matthias,
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>>>> On 05.09.2016 17:13, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>>>> As discussed.  I think I should ask a Global reviewer to approve this
>>>>> one.  For obvious reasons I haven't included the diffs to the deleted
>>>>> gcc/java and libjava directories.  The whole tree, post GCJ-deletion,
>>>>> is at svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcj/gcj-deletion-branch
>>>>> if anyone would like to try it.
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>>>> still breaks bootstraps when configured with --enable-objc-gc.
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>>>> the immediate step should be to fix the bootstrap failure, as an addit=
ional step
>>>> to remove boehm-gc from the gcc sources and be able to use an external=
 boehm-gc.
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>>> the first part is handled by my unreviewed patch
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>>> 	https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2016-09/msg02437.html
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>> Looks obvious to me, fixes bootstrap.  I think no-one will complain
>> if you check it in.
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> I don't know who wants to review it, but if people want me to, Ok.  The i=
dea is that if ObjC is the last remaining user in tree for boehm-gc, then r=
easonably I'm the last man standing.  Of course, if others want to review a=
pprove the patch, I'm fine with that.=20=20
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> I'm fine with patches to externalize boehm-gc if people want to push that=
 direction.

+1

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