Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 20:05:40 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r361648 - head/share/mk Message-ID: <CAPyFy2DO=g1rBE_gO-MvJwAiGjbqjnKPzG3N_QVVJjF=jY14Tg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <202005301612.04UGC1Fw082039@repo.freebsd.org> References: <202005301612.04UGC1Fw082039@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 12:12, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: emaste > Date: Sat May 30 16:12:00 2020 > New Revision: 361648 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/361648 > > Log: > Disable BINUTILS by default on amd64 I received a private query about this but will follow up here because the answer may be useful to others. The concern: GNU as is still needed for skein_block_asm.s, so is this not broken? Indeed, GNU as is still needed for exactly one case in the base system, assembling skein_block_asm.s on amd64. It is still enabled via BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP there. Disabling BINUTILS (this commit) means that GNU as is no longer installed as /usr/bin/as by installworld, on any arch. We still need to address skein so that we can completely remove binutils for FreeBSD 13.0. We have a few possibilities for dealing with the assmebly implementation, but I currently plan to switch back to the C implementation for now and follow up with one of those approaches later.
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