Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:38:23 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: kris@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, qa@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cputype=486 Message-ID: <XFMail.010313153823.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010313.22274900@ler-freebie.iadfw.net>
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On 13-Mar-01 Larry Rosenman wrote: > So, we agree that it is wrong for the cross stuff to use host libraries > when building tools that will run on the target? Marcel seemed to > indicate that this was fine. I think that it is wrong. Will a note be > added at least for 4.3 to note this for the naive novice user? > > Meanwhile, I'm building a non-PPro optimized set, and installing my 486 > to current -STABLE. Well, no, the cross tools are built properly. The problem is that we need to build an entire new set of 'install tools' in addition to the cross tools and use those during installworld instead of the cross tools. This is not a trivial task atm and we are too close to release to get it done and checked in. > LER > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 3/13/01, 4:12:51 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote regarding > Re: cputype=486: > > >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:48:28PM +0000, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> > So, what is the final word from the powers that be re: 4.3 and CPUTYPE? > >> CPUTYPE has nothing to do with the problem here, so it doesn't need to >> be removed. The issue is that libraries from the host system are >> being used in some cases by the installed tools built for the target >> system, which is the wrong behaviour and may cause them to fail in >> other situations than if they were compiled with CPUTYPE (remember, >> CPUTYPE does nothing which you couldn't already do with CFLAGS). > >> Kris -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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