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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: Barnacle Wes <wes@intele.net>
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Subject: Re: GNU binutils and FreeBSD 2.1.0
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> I tried to build binutils 2.6 today, but I can't get 'ld' to configure
> correctly for 'i386-unknown-freebsd2.1.0'.  Has anyone else built
> binutils for 2.1?  Any hints or helps?

The ld in FreeBSD (and NetBSD) is a heavily hacked old version of GNU
ld.  The current GNU binutils would need *serious* hacking to get the
same functionality, so the shlib stuff the *BSDs are not supported (and
probably will never be) in any official version of GNU's binutils.


nate