Remove HPUX compiler handling in configure.ac (#890)

HPUX is not a testable nor a primary target platform for us

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 534cec994fdd79b96b41187afad74d84ec3e5504..2e70d6419c90e1a97c9e500bc39eeedd3696066e 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2700,28 +2700,6 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_cppunit" != "xno"],[
   ])
 ])
 
-# Force some compilers to use ANSI features
-#
-case "$host" in
-  *-hp-hpux*)
-    if test "x$ac_cv_prog_CC" = "xcc" ; then
-      AC_MSG_NOTICE([adding '-Ae' to cc args for $host])
-      CC="cc -Ae";
-      ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC"
-    fi
-    ;;
-esac
-
-
-dnl automake handles this AC_PATH_PROG(MAKEDEPEND, makedepend, $TRUE)
-
-case "$host" in
-  *hpux*)
-    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Disabling ranlib for HP-UX...])
-    RANLIB=":"
-    ;;
-esac
-
 dnl Check for headers
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_STDC

diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-6.sgml b/doc/release-notes/release-6.sgml
index 3efeba84a7c35d621d699427e00aba612656534e..6eda43731d0a65d342fe5eb9c1c993253a333b53 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/release-notes/release-6.sgml
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-6.sgml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This new release is available for download from <url url="http://www.squid-cache
 <sect1>Known issues
 <p>Although this release is deemed good enough for use in many setups, please note the existence of
 <url url="http://bugs.squid-cache.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&amp;product=Squid&amp;bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&amp;bug_status=NEW&amp;bug_status=ASSIGNED&amp;bug_status=REOPENED&amp;version=6" name="open bugs against Squid-6">.
+<p>Support for compiling on HPUX with the native HP <em>xcc</em> compiler has been removed. To build on that OS/compiler combination, it is possible to pass these environemnt variables to ./configure: <em>CC="cxx -Ae" RANLIB=":"</em>
 
 <sect1>Changes since earlier releases of Squid-6
 <p>