Robert P. J. DAY says:
According to Mike Frysinger, this patch was removed from Gentoo in the
2.3.x series and didn't seem to cause any adverse effects. So toss it
from the patch directories for glibc 2.5 and up.
1 # Taken from http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gcc/gcc/config.gcc.diff?r1=1.3&r2=1.4
3 # Configuration powerpc-host_apple-darwin7.3.0 not supported
4 # when configuring gcc-2.95 on Mac OS X for i686 target
5 # Also create xm-darwin.h, seems to be required, else we get the error
6 # In file included from .../gcc-2.95.3/gcc/gencheck.c:21:
7 # hconfig.h:11:30: rs6000/xm-darwin.h: No such file or directory
8 # make[1]: *** [gencheck.o] Error 1
11 --- gcc-2.95.3/gcc/configure.old 2004-03-24 12:17:44.000000000 -0800
12 +++ gcc-2.95.3/gcc/configure 2004-03-24 17:14:38.000000000 -0800
13 @@ -5079,6 +5079,10 @@
14 tmake_file=rs6000/t-beos
15 xmake_file=rs6000/x-beos
18 + xm_file="rs6000/xm-rs6000.h rs6000/xm-darwin.h"
19 + xmake_file=rs6000/x-darwin
21 powerpc-*-sysv* | powerpc-*-elf*)
22 tm_file=rs6000/sysv4.h
23 xm_file="xm-siglist.h rs6000/xm-sysv4.h"
24 --- /dev/null 2003-01-30 02:24:37.000000000 -0800
25 +++ gcc-3.0.4/gcc/config/rs6000/xm-darwin.h 2000-11-20 19:02:09.000000000 -0800
27 +/* Undo the USG definition in xm-rs6000.h, Darwin is a BSD flavor. */
31 +/* Override the usual setting, since Apple's GCC has lame bugs and
32 + can't handle the initializers. Someday the bugs will be fixed and
33 + we can get rid of this silliness. */
35 +#define HAVE_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZERS 0