From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Sep 4 01:04:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA20368 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 01:04:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA20351; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 01:04:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA06187; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:16:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199809040816.SAA06187@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Ports with asm files In-Reply-To: <199809040732.AAA16632@hub.freebsd.org> from Joseph Koshy at "Sep 4, 98 00:32:14 am" To: jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG (Joseph Koshy) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 18:16:52 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, ports@hub.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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