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I've Cc'ed the listed\n> maintainers, but wonder if they are still active.\n> \n> Can you shed some light at the status of VMS support in GCC?\n\nI cannot speak for Doug or Tristan, but VMS support has been dropped from GNAT \na few years ago.","headers":{"Return-Path":"","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org"],"Delivered-To":["patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org"],"Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n secure) header.d=adacore.com header.i=@adacore.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=google header.b=Tn5CmGc6;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=gcc.gnu.org\n (client-ip=38.145.34.32; helo=vm01.sourceware.org;\n envelope-from=gcc-patches-bounces~incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@gcc.gnu.org;\n receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org)","sourceware.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key,\n secure) header.d=adacore.com header.i=@adacore.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=google header.b=Tn5CmGc6","sourceware.org; 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I've Cc'ed the listed\n>> maintainers, but wonder if they are still active.\n>> \n>> Can you shed some light at the status of VMS support in GCC?\n>\n> I cannot speak for Doug or Tristan, but VMS support has been dropped from GNAT \n> a few years ago.\n\nI'll leave the VMS handling (or lack thereof) in this patch series for\nnow and wait a bit from comments from them.\n\nIf need be, this can be fixed up later, along the lines of HP-UX and AIX\nas/ld handling. As in those cases, I'll have to rely on their input for\ndetection of the native tools.\n\nThanks.\n\tRainer","headers":{"Return-Path":"","X-Original-To":["incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org"],"Delivered-To":["patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org"],"Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de header.i=@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de\n header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20200306 header.b=Ugt4YZle;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=gcc.gnu.org\n (client-ip=38.145.34.32; helo=vm01.sourceware.org;\n envelope-from=gcc-patches-bounces~incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@gcc.gnu.org;\n receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org)","sourceware.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key,\n unprotected) header.d=cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de header.i=@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de\n header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20200306 header.b=Ugt4YZle","sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none)\n header.from=CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE","sourceware.org;\n spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de","server2.sourceware.org;\n arc=none smtp.remote-ip=129.70.160.84"],"Received":["from vm01.sourceware.org (vm01.sourceware.org [38.145.34.32])\n\t(using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)\n\t key-exchange x25519 server-signature ECDSA (secp384r1) server-digest SHA384)\n\t(No client certificate requested)\n\tby legolas.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g70JM6JdFz1yJ0\n\tfor ; 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