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Date:      Sat, 17 Apr 1999 14:19:36 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Cc:        obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make aout-to-elf on -current?
Message-ID:  <371819E8.3A8E0432@newsguy.com>
References:  <19990416202430.C70132@nuxi.com>  <199904160654.AAA07198@harmony.village.org> <199904170422.WAA12900@harmony.village.org>

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Warner Losh wrote:
> 
> In message <19990416202430.C70132@nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes:
> : Please excuse my ignorance, but why does make aout-to-elf require the
> : -CURRENT compiler to produce a.out binaries?
> :
> : make aout-to-elf moves a working set of a.out libraries to ---/lib/aout,
> : so doesn't that cover the needs?
> 
> No.  make aout-to-elf builds a.out versions of everything first, then
> uses them to build the elf versions.

Correct. Older compilers would not be able to generate elf targets,
so we have to update the compiler first. The system actually makes a
complete world first, because of arcane reasons better left
unexplained, lest one would gradually become insane. For the
details, man cthulhu(9).

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	"Well, Windows works, using a loose definition of 'works'..."



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