Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:45:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys param.h src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar Makefile src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib Makefile src/usr.bin Makefile Message-ID: <20080221154413.N78264@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <86lk5e71uf.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <200802211121.m1LBLUKQ007904@repoman.freebsd.org> <86lk5e71uf.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Kai Wang <kaiw@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> Log: >> * Connect ar(1) to the build and make it default ar. Rename GNU >> binutils ar and ranlib to gar and granlib, respectively. >> >> * Introduce a temporary variable WITH_GNUAR as a safety net. >> When buildworld with -DWITH_GNUAR, GNU binutils ar and ranlib >> will install as default ones and 'BSD' ar will be disabled. >> >> * Bump __FreeBSD_version to reflect the import of 'BSD' ar(1). > > Please back this out immediately. > > If you don't understand why, see http://tinderbox.freebsd.org/ I think it would be sufficient to back out the changes to the makefiles to build and install gnu ar/ranlib by default and install the bsd ar/ranlib as bsdar/bsdranlib, in the same way we did a transition to bsdtar over time (or just set WANT_GNUAR by default). Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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