Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:21:23 +0200 From: "Johan Bucht" <jbucht@gmail.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org, "Jens Rehsack" <rehsack@web.de>, FreeBSD-Current-List <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating src/contrib/binutils Message-ID: <947010c30807020821s5f62f61bh2c2221d27282b5c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080701152932.GA27253@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> <20080701152932.GA27253@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: >> because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to >> ask you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. > > Hi Jens, > As part of the MIPS effort, I will be updating Binutils to 2.17, the last > GPLv2 release. Please wait for that effort. > How tightly coupled are binutils and gcc? Is it be possible to replace some/all of the binutil binaries with bsd licensed counter-parts (like the ElfToolChain) without breaking something? /Johan
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