Gcc 4.2.1 to be removed before FreeBSD 13, a firm timeline

[Ed Maste]

On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 17:09, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 at 15:19, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
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> > PR 233405 libunwind
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> I've somewhat addressed this today, committing (untested) build fixes
> from cem at . Someone with an interest in sparc64 and access to hardware
> will need to test and investigate any failures.

Note that this was reverted on request. Someone with sparc64 hardware
will need to reapply the patch from PR233405, test it, and report.
Additional bug fixing will almost certainly be required.

> > PR 239851 BSD crtbegin
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> This is now the main blocking issue.

This is still outstanding, with GCC-derived crt scheduled for removal
at the end of the month. See https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23122 for
more.

> > PR 243119 binutils 2.33.1,1 assertion failure (but it has a patch!)
>
> A fixed binutils package should be available in a week or so.

The fixed package is available (and the fix working its way to a new
upstream release).