Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:54:21 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, dkelly@hiwaay.net, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Back to sysinstall (was Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812190950260.2182-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981219165811.8143I-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Narvi wrote: [...] > Well, if the question behind the threads issue is real, we might be in for > some real problems. > > Also, for working exceptions with egcs, binutuils 2.9 is needed (could be > we already have that, I haven't checked). There has been confusion with EH > and egcs from about day one. redwood203:~$as --version GNU assembler 2.9.1 Copyright 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty. This assembler was configured for a target of `i386-unknown-freebsdelf'. redwood203:~$as -aout --version *unknown*: Assembler messages: *unknown*:0: Warning: /usr/libexec/aout/as: I don't understand '-' flag. GNU assembler version 1.92.3, FreeBSD $Revision: 1.6 $ I personally haven't been able to get exceptions to work at all unless I use setjmp/jongjmp exceptions. This is with egcs configured for a freebsdelf target. This is no problem, except this isn't threadsafe. > Then there are some changes problems with asm. > > Major template bogossities abound. Hmm? > Can we build a reliably working system with egcs? Has anyone actually > tried it? I don't know if the actual egcs releases post 1.1 do this, but the snapshot of egcs I'm using treats const -> non const w/out a cast and vice versa as a fatal error, which could prove quite fun. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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