Re: Bug#342704: Disable HPPA native code compiler
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 02:02:38PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 01:47:36PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Upstream has responded; they won't fix this, and they no longer
> > maintain the native code compiler on HPPA. I susgest to disable it in
> > the Debian package.
>
> Seems reasonable indeed. Unless someone shows up and want to fix it. I don't
> think we lose much, as hppa is definitively not the plateform of choice for
> having compute-intensive ocaml apps running.
I agree, but we should also ask on the caml-list, and maybe file a
request for help on WNPP, if there are any HPPA users who would be
seriously inconvenienced and/or could help patch it. (Of course if
upstream won't accept a patch, even this would be pointless.)
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Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u
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