Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:52:56 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/elf2aout elf2aout.c Message-ID: <20020521135256.GA10621@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20020521133802.GB5716@FreeBSD.ORG> References: <200205200756.g4K7ueM28492@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020520125748.E8089@espresso.q9media.com> <20020521074034.GB53675@sunbay.com> <20020521042755.B56179@espresso.q9media.com> <20020521093456.GA74330@sunbay.com> <20020521133802.GB5716@FreeBSD.ORG>
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--y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:38:03PM +0000, J. Mallett wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:34:56PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > > > You'll have to fix <sys/elf32.h> first. Also make sure this > > > > still can be bootstrapped from the old versions. > > >=20 > > > Well it looks like the structure you changed is for aout information, > > > so I don't see how <sys/elf32.h> would be significant. But even if it > > > were, u_int32_t and uint32_t will always be compatible with each > > > other. The only difference being that the latter is portable, which > > > is a positive attribute for cross-tools. > > >=20 > > I know, I was trying to point that <sys/elf32.h> still uses an old > > non-portable u_int32_t, and probably should also be fixed. >=20 > You just lamented having to do 'make includes'. >=20 > Now, consider that when bootstrapping we use the host includes. I doubt a > host uses types it doesn't understand. >=20 Yes, so what? How changing src/sys/sys/elf32.h to use uint32_t breaks bootstrapping? (We don't use it during bootstrapping.) > Think through whether or not changing our header will make a shred of > difference. >=20 Changing elf2aout.c to use uint32_t may make a difference, yes, as it is the bootstrap-tool, but FreeBSD supported uint32_t since at least FreeBSD 3.1 (sys/sys/inttypes.h,v 1.1), and we don't really support upgrading from such an old system straight to 5.0. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE86lE4Ukv4P6juNwoRAtsVAKCLF8wa2+5HZeFLnsSnDZaQBQVmcACfSxWM 22q2RMMgYaJ7MlmeAGLBBf8= =Ti6+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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