Re: NEW: lang/gpc

On 07/20/18 21:00, Brian Callahan wrote:
>
> On 07/13/18 22:37, Brian Callahan wrote:
>> Hi ports --
>>
>> Recently, I needed a Pascal compiler for arm. I am not smart enough
>> to port Free Pascal to arm, though it seems like such a task is
>> possible.
>>
>> Instead, I made a port of the old GNU Pascal compiler. While gpc is
>> perfectly usable, and was able to compile the Pascal code I needed it
>> to, it has not kept up with gcc itself; the "latest" gcc that gpc can
>> run on top of is 4.3.5.
>>
>> What I did for this port was resurrect gcc-4.2.4 from ports (as
>> gcc-4.2.4 is one of the supported gcc versions for gpc, and the
>> latest one we had a port of) and patched gpc on top of it. Hence the
>> self-hosted tarball.
>>
>> The port then does a non-bootstrap build of gpc, fakes it, then I rip
>> out all the gcc stuff so that we're just left with the gpc compiler
>> and its headers and libraries. Because no one wants a copy of
>> gcc-4.2.4 lying around, and gpc doesn't need it.
>>
>> This works for me on amd64 (linked with lld), i386, and armv7.
>>
>> Additionally, I discovered a kludge that allows gpc to link with
>> lld--so this port is "future proof" in that regard.
>>
>> Is gpc something we would want in ports, despite its age? I will need
>> the Pascal on armv7 setup for the foreseeable future, so I am willing
>> to maintain it. And it has the minor side benefit of opening up a new
>> language for (most) of our exotic archs.
>>
>> ~Brian
>>
>
> I thought about this, and since I am going to need it and it stays out
> of the way of any other compiler, and I'm willing to maintain it
> (where maintain = ensure it continues to build with clang and link
> with lld), I would like to put this in. So now looking for OKs.
>
> Here's a new tarball, now with powerpc support as well.
>
> OK?
>
> ~Brian
>

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