Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:28:12 +0100 | Subject | Re: RFC: x86: kill binutils 2.16.x? | From | Vegard Nossum <> |
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On 2 March 2011 21:11, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > On 03/02/2011 12:03 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:15:14 -0800 >> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: >> >>> binutils 2.16 (and presumably its prereleases, binutils 2.15.9x) appears >>> to have more bugs than any other version of binutils released in modern >>> history, *before or after*. >>> >>> We chronically run into problems because that particular binutils >>> version breaks code that works fine elsewhere. >>> >>> I would like to know who would suffer from formally discontinuing >>> support for that version. I understand some version of SLES shipped it, >>> but I don't know for sure. >>> >> >> I gave up and became a customer of >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/index_old.shtml > > Vegard, > > The source directory in the above doesn't seem to match the binary > directories, and is stuck at binutils 2.16.1. At the very best this is > iffy from a GPL perspective, and very confusing to users. > > This is obviously a highly useful project, can we straighten out the > source situation?
I only uploaded the binaries in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/old/
which should match the sources in
http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/src/
The binaries outside old/ are not made by me, but Tony (added to Cc).
I assume you're talking about the binaries _outside_ bin/old/, but let me know if I'm mistaken :-)
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