From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 12 22:33:38 2008 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 03A7016A418 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:33:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F65413C467 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m0CMXZ9H007167; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:33:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m0CMXRNm040009 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:33:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id m0CMXQsH095751; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:33:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id m0CMXQaF095750; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:33:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:33:26 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Kai Wang Message-ID: <20080112223326.GO79270@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20080111142336.GA1379@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080111194036.GA28896@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20080112072138.GB1016@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> <20080112141201.GL79270@cicely12.cicely.de> <20080112143703.GA1748@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080112143703.GA1748@plan0.kaiwan.csbnet.se> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, ticso@cicely.de, Steve Kargl Subject: Re: [Call for testers] "BSD ar" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:33:38 -0000 On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:37:03PM +0100, Kai Wang wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:12:02PM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote: > > But then it is only used for building the toolchain, not for building > > the world/universe itself. > > Did you try adding it into the toolchain for your make universe tests? > > I don't know how sensitive ar is to cross builds, but of course it is > > important for us to support cross builds. > > I mentioned that I've done "make universe" in the first post, I meant > that I've test the build of ar itself in various archs. > > Do you mean that I should use "BSD ar" to perform a "make world/universe", > observing the process and examing the resulting library files generated? Yes - that's what I ment. > Yes. That's what I am doing now :) , but it takes time since "make universe" > is not so fast on a slow laptop... Great. I can't await having another GPL tool being obsoleted :) -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de