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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:45:18 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys param.h src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar Makefile src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile
Message-ID:  <20080221154413.N78264@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <86lk5e71uf.fsf@ds4.des.no>
References:  <200802211121.m1LBLUKQ007904@repoman.freebsd.org> <86lk5e71uf.fsf@ds4.des.no>

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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:

> Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>>   Log:
>>   * Connect ar(1) to the build and make it default ar.  Rename GNU
>>   binutils ar and ranlib to gar and granlib, respectively.
>>
>>   * Introduce a temporary variable WITH_GNUAR as a safety net.
>>   When buildworld with -DWITH_GNUAR, GNU binutils ar and ranlib
>>   will install as default ones and 'BSD' ar will be disabled.
>>
>>   * Bump __FreeBSD_version to reflect the import of 'BSD' ar(1).
>
> Please back this out immediately.
>
> If you don't understand why, see http://tinderbox.freebsd.org/

I think it would be sufficient to back out the changes to the makefiles to=
=20
build and install gnu ar/ranlib by default and install the bsd ar/ranlib as=
=20
bsdar/bsdranlib, in the same way we did a transition to bsdtar over time (o=
r=20
just set WANT_GNUAR by default).

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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