From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 9 23:41:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA03378 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:41:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03363 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:41:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA22095; Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:36:00 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604100706.QAA22095@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: GNU binutils port To: jmacd@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Josh MacDonald) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:36:00 +0930 (CST) Cc: imp@village.org, witr@rwwa.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199604100315.UAA11354@paris.CS.Berkeley.EDU> from "Josh MacDonald" at Apr 9, 96 08:15:29 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[