Re: GCC 4.4 run-time license and non-GPLv3 compilers
On 10-04-2009, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Sylvain Le Gall:
>
>>> But in Debian, we compile with GCC. And for the Int64 module,
>>> functionality from libgcc2.c gets compiled into the binary. (This is
>>> just the example I've verified.)
>
>> Int64 module is under LGPL + static link exception (and everything
>> related to runtime library). Does it change anything ?
>
> No, I don't think so. The compiler license doesn't change as a
> result.
>
>> Could you point us to the precise location of "the functionality from
>> libgcc2.c" ?
>
> byterun/ints.c, function caml_int64_div, the I64_div macro. This is
> expanded into a plain division operator, and that is compiled into a
> run-time library call by GCC.
>
I64_div is a function defined either in byterun/int64_emul.h o
byterun/int64_native.h. Reading both I64_div, I don't see any specific
GCC usage.
Could you be more precise ? I must admit I don't understand at all this
issue !
At least in int64_emul.h, I don't see anything specific to GCC (the
same code will perfectly fit with MSVC, which is what it does).
Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall
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