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Date:      Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:43:20 -0700 (MST)
From:      John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>
To:        Richard Stanaford <rsstan@yahoo.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bioscall.s
Message-ID:  <14707.32248.146185.256812@hip186.ch.intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000717213203.7240.qmail@web3102.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20000717213203.7240.qmail@web3102.mail.yahoo.com>

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[ On Monday, July 17, Richard Stanaford wrote: ]
> 
> I have looked at both .. 
> 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/4.0-stable/src/UPDATING
> ftp://cvsup2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/branches/4.0-stable/src/UPDATING
> 
> And I see nothing regarding bioscall.s.  If it's not much bother (I have to
> wonder given the tone of your response) please indicate where this has been
> documented.

Actually, without CVSUP'ing the sources or whatever, the best way to look at
"up to date" sources (IMO) is the CVS repos. web interface.

 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING

Click on the link for the version branded RELENG_4 to get -STABLE's most
recent copy:

 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING?rev=1.73.2.8

The section on date 20000706 says it all (pretty much). There's nothing
specifically mentioning bioscall.s -BUT- with the binutils update (meaning
assembler, linker, blah blah blah) there had to be changes made to it. Without
an updated "binutils" you can't assemble the file. The "buildkernel" target
takes care of these sorts of wierd dependencies that crop up from time to
time. 

The "tone" comes from frustration at what transpired with the binutils update
into -STABLE and the whole "buildkernel" discussion. Look back into the
mailing list archives for "buildkernel" and you'll find a whole huge thread
about it. The developers just want people who "track -stable" to "read
-stable" ... 

-Jr

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