[PATCH libXi] fix build with gcc 2.95

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Thu Aug 26 15:54:48 PDT 2010


On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:37:57AM +0200, Matthieu Herrb wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 05:53:01PM -0400, Matt Turner wrote:
> > 
> > Looks like a sufficiently trivial change, but what system still using
> > gcc 2.95 does anyone care about running modern X.Org on?
> > 
> 
> I have to repeat this every time I send a patch for gcc 2.95... :) 

you could add it to the wiki and then shout at them for not RTFW :)

on that note, didn't we have a wiki page that lists the required compiler
features? Can't seem to find it anymore.

Cheers,
  Peter

> OpenBSD still uses it on a few legacy architectures on which later gcc 
> versions are having problems. 
> 
> Among those sparc (32 bits)[1]  is the most intersting because the
> Xorg server runs pretty well on it, even on multi head configurations.
> 
> The other architectures still using gcc 2.95 and on which OpenBSD is 
> actively maintained are m68k, m88k and vax. the Xorg server isn't built
> on them for various reasons. 
> 
> [1] http://www.openbsd.org/sparc.html
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