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To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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Subject: Re: gcc 2.7.2 + binutils 2.7 on stable? 
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jdp@polstra.com said:
> > I've been trying to build gcc-2.7.2 and binutils 2.7 on a "stable" 
> > system (i.e. sup'd from the stable release).  I give up.  I can't get 
> > bfd and ld to do the right thing.

... [part about "ASM_WEAKEN_LABEL" deleted - thanks! I'll try that]

> As another option:  Reportedly, it's not that hard to get just the 
> assembler from binutils working for FreeBSD.  Our linker seems to 
> support weak symbols, so if you can get the binutils assembler 
> working, then you should be able to use it with the stock gcc-2.7.2 
> and the native linker.

I got the binutils-2.7 gas to work, but the a.out's which came from
gcc-2.7.2 + binutils-2.7-gas + native-2.1-ld would crash in odd ways...
(I beleive it would segv in libfd)

If I recompiled using the native gas the crash would go away...

I'll try the first idea - thanks again.

-brad