svn commit: r356379 - head/share/mk

[Warner Losh]

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 10:53 AM Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu at utahime.org> wrote:

> From: Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com>
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r356379 - head/share/mk
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 11:26:07 -0600
>
> >> > Author: emaste
> >> > Date: Sun Jan  5 16:59:24 2020
> >> > New Revision: 356379
> >> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/356379
> >> >
> >> > Log:
> >> >   src.opts.mk: disable BINUTILS_BOOTSTRAP on mips64*
> >>
> >> I should probably make this the case for all of mips* and sparc64.
> >> Using a decade-old binutils with a contemporary compiler (either Clang
> >> or GCC) isn't likely to be a combination used by anyone else and it's
> >> not going to be a good use of our time investigating and addressing
> >> any issues that arise.
> >>
> > I'd agree. There are lots of bugs or missing features in our binutils
> that
> > will bite people...
>
> Just out of curiosity, is there any retirement plan for binutils in
> base system at the moment?
>

There are no firm plans at the moment. However, it looks like it's not used
except for powerpc. I'd expect that once the issues there are resolved with
clang, or that platform migrates to an external toolchain, binutils in
base's days will be numbered since it is GPL and the project has a long
term goal of being GPL free where possible.

Warner

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