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

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> On 9 Jan 2020, at 09:09, 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:
>> 
>> PR 233405 libunwind
> 
> 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.
> 
>> PR 239851 BSD crtbegin
> 
> This is now the main blocking issue.
> 
>> 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.

I’ll be back on Thursday next week (presently away) so if anyone has not looked by then, I’ll be able to have a look then.  


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