Re: Bug #251149: gcc wrapper for sparc is chronically broken
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:32:54AM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote:
> > >
> > > Make the login environment be sparc32 by default. Doesn't that
> > > solve the problem? And for die-hard 64-bit people like me they
> > > can undo this via some configuration mechanism.
> > >
> > > It is one option.
> >
> > That's probably too ugly for some ppl. Then we'll have to answer the
> > question of "why does my sparc64 uname report sparc?".
> >
>
> I would be willing to bet that most people will never look and those that
> do will be competent enough to change whatever option is added to default
> them back to a 64-bit shell, as long as it's documented well.
And what about building kernels? They will by default be building sparc32
kernels. That's the most likely place for this to be a problem.
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