Re: configure.in support for FreeBSD ia64/sparc64/powerpc

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Ulrich Mueller <address@hidden> writes:

  > >>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
  > 
  > >> I don't know if it's sufficient as a test, but basic editing, as
  > >> well as byte-compiling a large package like CEDET seems to work
  > >> flawlessly on Solaris.
  > >> 
  > >> So maybe the original patch should be committed, without the
  > >> additional check for FreeBSD.
  > 
  > > If this has not been tested on all versions of Solaris that we
  > > currently support, that won't be a good idea at this point in the
  > > release process.
  > 
  > Oh well. "flushw" is a hardware instruction of Sparc-V9, and the code
  > was now tested on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Do you really expect
  > that there is a difference between different Solaris versions?

As long as it has not been tested, it's not prudent to change.

  > > We know for sure that the original code works.
  > 
  > It doesn't work on FreeBSD.

You were proposing to change the Solaris code.