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

[Daniel Nebdal]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:24 AM, Wilkinson, Alex
<alex.wilkinson at dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
>
>    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
>    >r2151
> 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

The main thing is that it's BSD-licensed instead of GPL, I believe.

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Daniel Nebdal