From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 09:42:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBB110656CA for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dnebdal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2A18FC12 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxh35 with SMTP id 35so199534yxh.13 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:42:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SeSobH9V6BNc9zNOC+Kd7DeL7x0CAsY0dDIDtYDsSZs=; b=veNQcHyhJH22SqecQlnmfnGLf+WGGZDMC+ItK7sXDuxqgvYzhWzqYKNioA//9OYl+q IWx0Cjs+zV6vvuSqixgaBllbGIypDknouL6ybpAmY1w0ZYcfg3AO09MF2tHNPUgXqsWp 8MUEKESP3oCYjzRf2FWRZ2hithMwDuMs2Um7c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GlPXpyXoCs+MCxgAmSzBMz89NHpoe6UZSXOw3+HW/Kh39EeEn3ttM5PGGaBG7CMpUZ xkIu/PrI3BrOOsall0WKK9cr83CwRcBH38FR65jA8QLt8d36RqPAT8M/H4k/9jJ59WIQ IWOfJlgEcDlIDaozxpmvx5OtakI5ZzEuzk+Wk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.76.66 with SMTP id d2mr5349165ick.219.1289900537472; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:42:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.58.202 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:42:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20101112042456.GD46709@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <20101111155243.GL2054@hoeg.nl> <20101112042456.GD46709@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:42:17 +0100 Message-ID: From: Daniel Nebdal To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: libcompiler_rt now part of FreeBSD's base system [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:42:19 -0000 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > > =A0 =A00n Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 04:52:43PM +0100, Ed Schouten wrote: > > =A0 =A0>I just committed libcompiler_rt.a to HEAD. Even though I don't ex= pect > =A0 =A0>serious issues -- especially not on the tier 1 architectures -- b= e sure > =A0 =A0>to contact me in case something goes wrong. I hooked it up to the= build > =A0 =A0>in a separate commit, so if your system starts to act weird, just= revert > =A0 =A0>r2151 > Can you please explain to us what this actually brings to the table for f= reebsd ? > I know it replaces libgcc ... but why is that such a good thing ? > > =A0-Alex The main thing is that it's BSD-licensed instead of GPL, I believe. --=20 Daniel Nebdal