Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:36:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Josh MacDonald) Cc: imp@village.org, witr@rwwa.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GNU binutils port Message-ID: <199604100706.QAA22095@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604100315.UAA11354@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> from "Josh MacDonald" at Apr 9, 96 08:15:29 pm
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Josh MacDonald stands accused of saying: > > Its getting ridiculous, considering how easy it is to import > the tree. NetBSD has it running, why, may I ask, is the 2.2 > tree not tracking gcc-2.7? Because last time people tried (2.7.2 IIRC), it failed to correctly compile the kernel, the X servers, and a few other things people threw at it. 2.6.3 may be "old hat", but it works. I remember being laughed at for sticking with 1.39 while the world was wailing and gnashing it's teeth over 2.2 and the grief there. If it's 2.8 before the major problems are fixed, I can't see us losing too much sleep 8) > -josh -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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