Jonathan PerkinMar 13, 2024

Speaking of GCC, does anyone know of any lawful impediment why I may not drop gccgo from my GCC packages?

Feels like something that hasn't been necessary since 2013.

#illumos #gcc #go

Show threadAlan CoopersmithMar 13, 2024
@jperkin we ship gccgo in Solaris because it has a SPARC backend while Google’s go compiler does not, but that shouldn’t matter for illumos (except for the SPARC forks of Tribblix & OpenIndiana).
Show threadJonathan Perkin
@alanc yeh that feels like the only reason to use it these days. I've dropped it, which also has the side benefit of reducing the size of my GCC packages from 255MB to 167MB.
Mar 13, 2024 at 5:47pmWeb