From owner-freebsd-current Sat Aug 2 09:03:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA29036 for current-outgoing; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 09:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA29031 for ; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 09:03:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA16383; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 09:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708021603.JAA16383@austin.polstra.com> To: Andreas Klemm cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: second post: elf patches for -current In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 11:14:03 +0200." <19970802111403.26993@klemm.gtn.com> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 09:03:08 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If I define BINFORMAT=elf in /etc/make.conf ... can I do a make > world then ? No. You need the binutils assembler and linker, at least. Also, you need the ElfKit dynamic linker. Also, there was a little patch to binutils "nm" in ElfKit which GNU did not accept for compatibility reasons. Without the patch, "lorder" doesn't work right. I think I could fix lorder so it works in either case, though. > Or do I have to be very careful about that ? > [...] > Only want to make sure, not to screw up my system within a few > minutes ;-) Let's put it this way: I've never been brave enough to try it. :-O But I don't have a system that I'm willing to reinstall if necessary. Looking forward to your report ... John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth