From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 10 14:36:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C93E106566B for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:36:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 241818FC0C for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 94128 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2009 14:36:24 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=BiSXplxvh2HJERz6x4i0rgONm8da3N/Hg02LI2rP2XzdN4LgnzjKIAruR5pBiCkV6H7TjJHjNFvzfHCzRuTHVUN4RmnsbFW3dfCMbtsM2UpZa9sgAuCI04bdJ5qlJt1uC5Nnq9eH30rGaQNdZ2HfE8SFNLpooH/zsSdPHTWkUJA= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp102.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2009 07:36:24 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: hgDxb5wVM1nO1OI9BT7pbAD8npN9zilp7DtyMkrfyYNDD8FC3TEJibA07KTc4OrYsRS59KNvGP7qd9_doFRK7ssx_DldMHO20v0pmWwXHafDmu_LnTMpuhc_pcjHgCcA33Oue0EcOoT8Sk74btqv8xPKMW7o0Az4oIzHS3xq0Xl.BjT4UXMjeZV9i12sGlr9W34RTlZfJz19qv9z8GwSSysrF4jSMhMvvjryAvoo5216SdDhiYv0.32DV2b_o7_97rky8gXh94uSn8IWWmBKgC58WPU2fwepp66hbQzAvvNuONR..YGPS5C2FGMf9eQ0StJ3cJNVdOKa2GLnum8R.DS0so4GqHpFWyL2MXfvS516R7H5av2OYVfLiqyRAnqQbJaoDJsx5Lmehkvez7R5aobdv2It5_w- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (scorpio.seibercom.net [192.168.1.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E9A4F2285B for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:36:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:36:23 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091010103623.11ed0154@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: binutils X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:36:25 -0000 On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:45:39 +0200 (CEST) Alexander Best (alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de) replied: >there's a project called binutils in p4 but i don't know anything >about it (version, status, etc.). the problem with binutils from the >portsdir is that even when it's installed gcc still uses the the >base-binaries because gcc is statically linked. so in order to use the >binutils from the ports dir you also have to install a gcc port (which >gets linkey dynamically). > >a very dirty workaround is to install binutils from the ports, rename >the base binary you don't want to use anymore and instead create a >link to /usr/local/bin/*. > >here's an example. this way i could build mplayer with sse3 support. >although the base gcc (4.2.1 in my case running 9-current) supports >sse3, the base GNU assembler version (2.15) doesn't. > >what i did was to install the binutils port, >`mv /usr/bin/as /usr/bin/as_old` and `ln >-s /usr/local/bin/as /usr/bin/as`. > >now the base gcc picks up the new GNU assembler binary. > >cheers. >alex > > >oh...and i agree: binutils should be updated. actually a lot of base >code needs to be updated. some of it hasn't been touched for over a >decade. ;) Is FreeBSD-8.0 also going to continue to use the older version {GNU assembler 2.15 [FreeBSD] 2004-05-23} or are they updating to the latest version. If the obsolete version is all ready causing compiler problems, it would seem like the logical thing to do. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com There is brutality and there is honesty. There is no such thing as brutal honesty.