From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 10 17:55:27 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 BCA0F1065679 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:55:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp103.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp103.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53CC28FC14 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:55:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 91296 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2009 17:55:26 -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=lngd73xJx+3m9hg8xCr+ZgBKz33FR7ABeZPFEyQq7l1ofTj1QleSiZdGZrnHIhfOv7p05vIOUYr8t+0VhF8wlhvzvISfZo4NKKjBVsvybr4B2Clj4x10Ohd7u7+XnX6ktD8NGep9CIyhfNwMLckJ4dn4IjwmnjRFBhd9MUf6zBI= ; Received: from c-67-189-183-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@67.189.183.172 with login) by smtp103.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2009 10:55:26 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: eDTQdUIVM1mWUVcTJvZQwinEqqoQuopEU3eBpQWhtLy_XLnLoL_nf9vTFxxyJ_kk.shw8sZNNeziaQEEfql56GJQqMkVRV7wtGap_TdZq0bM1OSgcA2Hx98mg0_Lmz4oFd2OwIRQ_XlREiPvkz9QgdzpPRS0ulwWzkNbUVtAXVIwSmatUU8vPcc_64pioPY.d7iNpFQDwbN1lu_nHq7TQekVNoWYqmVP4JBdGVtzNGW8VJqK84OyhlH8QvO.jFiPVHbJ91sLnZS7LMzt4YTzHzS6x.FOxD9qyydk4ytn9btPICZNWL2E8XkfIc5vltrtLeCEGlo.ev6veCcfXdHkSi3pdDoG3Dc7LFMuZmHI3xQaWlPt6AD1TDnq 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 44CBA22860 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:55:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:55:25 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091010135525.372d713a@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20091010103623.11ed0154@scorpio.seibercom.net> <44hbu7mhao.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20091010123423.0b64769f@scorpio.seibercom.net> 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 17:55:27 -0000 On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:35:01 -0700 Chuck Swiger (cswiger@mac.com) replied: >On Oct 10, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Jerry wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:53:35 -0400 >> Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) replied: >>> Unfortunately, it's under an unacceptable license. >> >> I was not aware of that. What is the problem? > >Somewhere around binutils-2.17, it switched to using GPLv3. > >> Perhaps, if it is not all >> ready available, the FreeBSD developers can devise some directive to >> place in the '/etc/make.conf' file that would force the use of the >> 'port' version instead if it was available in a fashion similar to >> what >> is done with OpenSSL; i.e. "WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes". Perhaps, >> "WITH_BINUTILS_PORT=yes". > >That's not a bad idea, although you can likely export PREFIX=/usr and >install the binutils port, and get the desired result. The only problem with that is that it would get over written when updating 'world'. I am not sure if a user could exclude binutils from being installed when building world. Nor, am I certain that it would not cause a problem somewhere down the line. I don't like messing with system files. In any case, the FreeBSD developers are going to eventually develop a working relationship with software written using the GPLv3 license. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com A widow is more sought after than an old maid of the same age. Addison