Updating src/contrib/binutils

[Xin LI]

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Johan Bucht wrote:
| On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org> wrote:
|> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote:
|>> because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to
|>> ask you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils.
|> Hi Jens,
|> As part of the MIPS effort, I will be updating Binutils to 2.17, the last
|> GPLv2 release.  Please wait for that effort.
|>
|
| How tightly coupled are binutils and gcc? Is it be possible to replace
| some/all of the binutil binaries with bsd licensed counter-parts (like
| the ElfToolChain) without breaking something?

I think we are lacking an usable as(1) implementation that supported
both SSE3, mips, etc. which is critical for binutils to be useful with
gcc.  Additionally gdb come into mind which we do not yet have a BSD
version.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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