AW: AW: Re-port Intent for HPE NonStop (a.k.a. Tandem)

[Florian Weimer]

* Joachim Schmitz:

> Not sure what you'd expect us to "release first", out compiler?
> If so: sorry, that won't happen. We don't even own it ourself.
> If we were able to port gcc, I believe we'd not be allowed to share it, due
> to proprietary code needed inside, needed to support the extension out
> platform needs.

Understood, but if you want to even have to a chance at an official
glibc port, you'd have to address these issues somehow.

> If glibc can't be made POSIX complaint, then that's where everything is lost
> for us, as far as I can tell.

There might be a misunderstanding here.  glibc is not layered on top of
a POSIX interface, it itself is the POSIX interface for GNU systems.

Thanks,
Florian