Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 11:14:03 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: second post: elf patches for -current Message-ID: <19970802111403.26993@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199708020146.SAA09667@austin.polstra.com>; from John Polstra on Fri, Aug 01, 1997 at 06:46:10PM -0700 References: <199708011006.DAA03932@rah.star-gate.com> <199708020146.SAA09667@austin.polstra.com>
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On Fri, Aug 01, 1997 at 06:46:10PM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
>
> ElfKit is almost obsolete, because just about everything you need
> is now in -current. You can build the FreeBSD compiler for ELF by
> specifying "BINFORMAT=elf". The standard libc in -current (and I
> think in -2.2 also) can be built for ELF, and it works just fine.
> You don't have to do anything special; just compile it with the
> ELF tools.
If I define BINFORMAT=elf in /etc/make.conf ...
can I do a make world then ? Or do I have to be very careful
about that ?
Are there any restrictions if IŽd decide, to give ELF a try ?
> The current version of GNU binutils has all the FreeBSD-ELF support
> in it. Just configure it like this and then build it:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/elf --host=i386-unknown-freebsd \
> --target=i386-unknown-freebsdelf
Do I need the binutils if I do a complete make world ?
Only want to make sure, not to screw up my system within
a few minutes ;-)
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