binutils

[Jerry]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:45:39 +0200 (CEST)
Alexander Best (alexbestms at math.uni-muenster.de) replied:

>there's a project called binutils in p4 but i don't know anything
>about it (version, status, etc.). the problem with binutils from the
>portsdir is that even when it's installed gcc still uses the the
>base-binaries because gcc is statically linked. so in order to use the
>binutils from the ports dir you also have to install a gcc port (which
>gets linkey dynamically).
>
>a very dirty workaround is to install binutils from the ports, rename
>the base binary you don't want to use anymore and instead create a
>link to /usr/local/bin/*.
>
>here's an example. this way i could build mplayer with sse3 support.
>although the base gcc (4.2.1 in my case running 9-current) supports
>sse3, the base GNU assembler version (2.15) doesn't.
>
>what i did was to install the binutils port,
>`mv /usr/bin/as /usr/bin/as_old` and `ln
>-s /usr/local/bin/as /usr/bin/as`.
>
>now the base gcc picks up the new GNU assembler binary.
>
>cheers.
>alex
>
>
>oh...and i agree: binutils should be updated. actually a lot of base
>code needs to be updated. some of it hasn't been touched for over a
>decade. ;)

Is FreeBSD-8.0 also going to continue to use the older version {GNU
assembler 2.15 [FreeBSD] 2004-05-23} or are they updating to the latest
version. If the obsolete version is all ready causing compiler
problems, it would seem like the logical thing to do.

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