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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> In this case, keeping the support of unexec longer becomes a
> maintenance burden (just look at the #ifdef mess it requires), and
> that is the reason why we think we should drop those platforms that
> don't currently support pdumper.  The fact that all those platforms
> are either very old or have better alternatives is just a supporting
> consideration, not the main reason.

You mean the 35 instances of "HAVE_UNEXEC" in C source files, not
excepting the "HAVE_PDUMPER || HAVE_UNEXEC" conditions, or the malloc
and Gnulib flags that aren't necessary on unexsol?  I would be as glad
as you to see most of them removed, as they are not significant on the
systems where unexec should be retained.

> If you intend to work on modifying the unexec code to not use pure
> space, don't waste your time: I will object to any serious development
> of the unexec code.  The only way forward for the platforms that
> currently need unexec is to start using pdumper.

I need not modify the unexec code, or adapt it to configurations without
pure space, as there simply is no code to adapt.  unexsol.c works _now_
with or without pure space, and I would be immensely surprised if the
same were not true of DJGPP, and as it happens, whether in Emacs or
elsewhere.

> Once again, it is immaterial when a platform was EOLed.  That is not
> the reason why we want to drop unexec.

That's not what I heard just one message removed from mine, where being
two years from EOL was stated to be sufficient grounds to withdraw
support.