From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jun 4 17:57:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF17337B6C3; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 17:57:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e550wB616228; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:28:11 +0930 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:28:33 +0930 Received: from fang.dsto.defence.gov.au (fang.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.5]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3.LMD.990513) with ESMTP id KAA09858; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:24:18 +0930 (CST) Received: from fuzz.dsto.defence.gov.au (fuzz.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.75.229]) by fang.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3.LMD.990513) with ESMTP id KAA04932; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:24:18 +0930 (CST) Received: from dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fuzz.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA07209; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:24:26 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au) Message-ID: <393AFA40.6DECACC1@dsto.defence.gov.au> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 10:24:24 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org, Matthew Thyer Subject: Re: Oddities with the new binutils References: <39375E5D.A967720F@dsto.defence.gov.au> <20000603232557.C67024@dragon.nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Has anyone tried the specific instructions I gave to reproduce the problem ? i.e.: - make world - making and installing a new kernel - mergemaster - reboot - deletion of ALL installed ports - recompile of every essential port (inc XFree 3.3.6) Then: Build xaos from ports (/usr/ports/graphics/xaos) Run xaos and press 'a' David O'Brien wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 04:42:29PM +0930, Matthew Thyer wrote: > > Three issues: > > - floating point math doesn't seem to work properly: > > - backward compatibility: > > - stability: > > Are others seeing these issues? > > > These issues make me think that the new binutils is not yet ready > > for -STABLE. > > It could also be poorly written ASM code in the things you were running. > The old Binutils let people write inconsistent and illegal ASM. > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) -- Matthew Thyer Phone: +61 8 8259 7249 Corporate Information Systems Fax: +61 8 8259 5537 Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Salisbury PO Box 1500 Salisbury South Australia 5108 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message