Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:09:08 -0400 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: weird limitation on the system's binutils Message-ID: <200607010009.09231@aldan>
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Hello! I'm wondering, why the bfd and related bits and pieces of binutils are built to support only the architecture(s), that can natively run on the system? Why can't I use gdb or objdump on FreeBSD/i386 to analyze a core file, or a binary from another FreeBSD or even from a non-FreeBSD system? The tools themselves support that. The sources (bfd-vectors) for all other supported architectures are part of the tree (under contrib/). So, why not build them? If it really is SO much of a bloat, why do we install gdb, etc. in the first place? -mi P.S. What I also want is the /lib/libbfd.so and friends, so I (and the 15 devel/*binutils ports) can build my own tools linking with it. Unfortunately, that too remains impossible...
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