From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 16:27:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 631CF1065678; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:27:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 073CF8FC0A; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:27:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [202.108.54.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 269E128448; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:27:22 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [202.108.54.204]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C885AF07432; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:27:21 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([202.108.54.204]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [202.108.54.204]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id W+ZxmDpQ-kJ9; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:27:17 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (c-69-181-135-56.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [69.181.135.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43679F070CE; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:27:14 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aTP3/0O0h/MS1WCpVHDKaUs4Icf268oThPS/oFDDEvyHm+N2jXfPq2mPdDjVFN+Ci cv8B60CZdmw88BzE9uT6A== Message-ID: <486BAC60.6060001@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:27:12 -0700 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080616) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johan Bucht References: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> <20080701152932.GA27253@dragon.NUXI.org> <947010c30807020821s5f62f61bh2c2221d27282b5c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <947010c30807020821s5f62f61bh2c2221d27282b5c0@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jens Rehsack , FreeBSD-Current-List Subject: Re: Updating src/contrib/binutils X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:25 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Johan Bucht wrote: | On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, David O'Brien wrote: |> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: |>> because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to |>> ask you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. |> Hi Jens, |> As part of the MIPS effort, I will be updating Binutils to 2.17, the last |> GPLv2 release. Please wait for that effort. |> | | How tightly coupled are binutils and gcc? Is it be possible to replace | some/all of the binutil binaries with bsd licensed counter-parts (like | the ElfToolChain) without breaking something? I think we are lacking an usable as(1) implementation that supported both SSE3, mips, etc. which is critical for binutils to be useful with gcc. Additionally gdb come into mind which we do not yet have a BSD version. Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhrrF8ACgkQi+vbBBjt66DHbwCdHIJu/dvVGlNgd4YioJWPcDC5 g7MAoIYKsbSMxuWFlLFNVqeUvEggxdTm =YrTJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----