Re: lang/pcc for powerpc

Hi George --

On 10/25/2022 4:00 PM, George Koehler wrote:
> Hello, ports list!
>
> I want to commit this diff, which will unbreak lang/pcc/pcc-libs and
> minimally fix lang/pcc/pcc for powerpc. I can now compile the
> simplest C program for powerpc,
>
> $ cat hello.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main(void) { puts("Hello, BSD!"); return 0; }
> $ pcc -O2 -o hello hello.c
> $ ./hello
>
> I like how my macppc can build pcc in a few minutes; the same mac
> might take 3 to 4 days to build either clang or gcc.
>
> Is anyone using pcc on OpenBSD? This diff should not affect arches
> other than powerpc, but I want to know if anyone is running pcc on
> any OpenBSD arch.
>
> --George

I can't comment on the PowerPC parts, since I no longer have a working
macppc machine. But to answer your question about using pcc on OpenBSD,
yes I do, on amd64, quite often.

~Brian