Re: Question on BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT in GCC on NetBSD/m68k

On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 17:15 +0300, Eero Tamminen wrote:
> Wouldn't next upgrade completely break user's Debian system so it needs 
> complete re-install?

You would need to extract the glibc package manually from my tests. After that,
upgrading the system should be possible.

> If true, would separate m68k arch for 4-byte alignment be out of 
> question, similarly how there have been different ARM arch variants?

Creating a separate arch would mean patching various parts of Debian which
again would involve a lot of work which I don't think is worth the effort.

I don't think the userbase is large enough to warrant all that work.

> PS. I was peripherally involved in the ARM VFP thing, in a Debian 
> derivative that switched to use VFP before Debian did. So I know a bit 
> how big thing such transition is, even with the Debian cross-compiling & 
> boot-strapping support being much better now...

That's why I want to make a hard cut and not invest months of work when the
userbase consists of just a few people.

Adrian

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