Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:31:12 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r270099 - in stable: 10/contrib/gcc/config/i386 9/contrib/gcc/config/i386 Message-ID: <20140819013112.GA5938@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <53F25399.40204@freebsd.org> References: <201408171308.s7HD8Fnh099147@svn.freebsd.org> <20140817131942.GA38672@FreeBSD.org> <8CA269F6-BCD2-4E78-947F-682214367F36@FreeBSD.org> <20140817134509.GA47327@FreeBSD.org> <9181921C-43BB-48C9-B63D-7C6F99D7A763@FreeBSD.org> <53F25399.40204@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 02:27:21PM -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > I personally stopped merging stuff to the stable/8 branch and more recently > to the stable/9 branch as I don't run those anymore. In the case of the > stable/8 branch I find the ancient version of binutils a real threat/ > limitation. Contemporary version of binutils can be installed from the port, right? I don't have a problem with it since binutils are relatively fast to build and releases do not happen that often to become annoying. > I would really suggest people move on to at least stable/9 which has all > the clang cleanups and should be functionally much better. Clang/LLVM is a nuisance to build, which is one of the reason to avoid 9+ on my rusty laptop. I run -CURRENT more or less happily on modern hardware. ./danfe
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