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Date:      Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:34:41 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@sunbay.com>
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1
Message-ID:  <3975CA91.BF10F820@cup.hp.com>
References:  <200007190441.VAA77617@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000719121321.A54935@sunbay.com> <3975C491.70D86E0B@cup.hp.com> <20000719181504.A68029@sunbay.com>

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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> 
> > Correct, but there's a different incompatibility I'm trying not to hit
> > upon: source incompatibility. It is not guaranteed that we can build all
> > the tools in the first place. Currently, it seems that upgrading from
> > 2.2.8 cannot be done as-is, because we have gperf in the bootstrap-tools
> > and the native 2.2.8 C++ compiler doesn't grok its source. Building gcc
> > in the bootstrap-tools might solve this, but makes it all a bit more
> > hairy (we need certain tools in bootstrap-tools because we need to be
> > able to build gcc in the cross-tools).
> >
> So do you mean that (in its current shape) we are able to build all
> 5.0-CURRENT bootstrap-tools under 2.2.8??

No. We can't. The stock C++ compiler doesn't like the gperf sources.

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Marcel Moolenaar
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