Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:52:59 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Donn Miller <dmm125@bellatlantic.net> Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: as, binutils out of date? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113195104.24708R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980112185929.28950A-100000@myname.my.domain>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Donn Miller wrote: > Hello > > I was just compiling the latest Wine distribution when I noticed that `as' > from 2.2.5 R did not recognize the `string' pseudo-op. I just compiled > gas from GNU binutils-2.8.1, however, and it has this function. Will > binutils 2.8.1 be included with the next release? I believe the present > version may be out of date. binutils will not be in FreeBSD until we adopt ELF. I suggest trying to port over the necessary changes from your gas to ours and submit patches using send-pr. > Is FreeBSD's ld exactly the same as GNU's? I think I will just compile > the gas portion of binutils and install it in /usr/bin over top the stock > FreeBSD as. I noticed that the man page for ld was 'customized' by a core > member and not the stock GNU manpage, but the `as' manpage was stock. NO, don't do that or you'll destroy your build toolchain; you'll have to reinstall the system to rectify the damage. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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