Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:49:04 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: asmodai@wxs.nl Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /sys/boot, egcs vs. gcc, -Os Message-ID: <199904080049.RAA76863@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990407210734.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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In article <XFMail.990407210734.asmodai@wxs.nl>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> wrote: > This raises an interesting point I think. Do we need to maintain > gcc/egcs compatibility? Or do we, since we track CURRENT, say: > "alas, that's progression for ye?" Yep, alas, that's progression for ye. We have never supported mix & match of sourceballs from different releases. We do our best to support running old executables on newer systems, but that's a completely different issue. > Has there been an `official' consensus reached about this from core or > commiters? I am only speaking for John Polstra, a compiler guy, here. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-interest is the aphrodisiac of belief." -- James V. DeLong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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