Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:16:52 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG (Joseph Koshy) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, ports@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports with asm files Message-ID: <199809040816.SAA06187@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199809040732.AAA16632@hub.freebsd.org> from Joseph Koshy at "Sep 4, 98 00:32:14 am"
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Joseph Koshy wrote: > Let me phrase the question better: "what mechanism do we have in -ports to > handle environment dependencies like a.out vs. ELF (and x86 vs Alpha)"? Sorry, I avoided your question because Satoshi is still working on the aout vs elf issues for ports. Until we have a design there, it's best to hold off making elf changes. I know there are time pressures here, but the support of aout for 2.2.X/3.0 and elf for 3.X is a tricky problem. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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