Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 14:00:03 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/34908: libpng port makes bad dynamic library on -CURRENT Message-ID: <200202212200.g1LM03744659@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/34908; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Michael D. Harnois" <mharnois@cpinternet.com> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>, "Alexander N. Kabaev" <ak03@gte.com>, Bjoern Fischer <bfischer@Techfak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, "freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD. Org" <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, vova@sw.ru Subject: Re: ports/34908: libpng port makes bad dynamic library on -CURRENT Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:58:39 -0800 "Michael D. Harnois" wrote: > > I believe the intent is to ensure that the patches make it > > back into the FSF distributed code, so that in the future, > > there is less maintenance required for FreeBSD platforms. > > This is all wonderful. > > But then it seems to me that the entire new binutils should have been > backed out until it worked. Just like XFree-4.2.0 was backed out. Feel free to tilt at your windmills, all you want; I'm personally busy with other windmills; I was just pointing out what I thought was the rationale. FWIW: it *does* work on Intel, it's just Alpha that's in the dumps. The currently accepted fix is to use the older code until all the problems are out of there. -- Tery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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