libcompiler_rt now part of FreeBSD's base system [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Wilkinson, Alex]

    0n Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 04:52:43PM +0100, Ed Schouten wrote: 

    >I just committed libcompiler_rt.a to HEAD. Even though I don't expect
    >serious issues -- especially not on the tier 1 architectures -- be sure
    >to contact me in case something goes wrong. I hooked it up to the build
    >in a separate commit, so if your system starts to act weird, just revert
    >r215127.

Can you please explain to us what this actually brings to the table for freebsd ?
I know it replaces libgcc ... but why is that such a good thing ?

  -Alex

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