On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 02:35:51PM -0700, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm writing you on behalf of the freebsd-current mailing list, with some
> questions regarding binutils. Freebsd-current has integrated gcc 2.95.2
> into the standard sources, but is still using a relatively old version of
> binutils (2.9.1 or thereabouts). Several people are wondering what version
> should be used alongside gcc 2.95.2. Could you help us out with this?
> Should the most recent version of binutils (2.9.5.0.24) be used? Which
> version, in your opinion, works best with gcc 2.95.2?
Since I don't use freebsd, I can only speak from my experiences
under Linux. Since both freebsd and Linux use ELF, I guess they
shouldn't be so far off.
I just made 2.9.5.0.27 last week. It is available at
ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils
It works on Linux. I haven't heard any bad things about it yet.
I won't use binutils 2.9.1. So many important bug fixes have
been added since then.
I will be happy to include any freebsd related patches in my
binutils as long as
1. They work.
2. They don't break Linux.
3. Their authors will keep them up to date with binutils on
sourceware.
I will take them out if ony of 3 fails. I keep my binutils
in sync with binutils on sourceware. I usually make a new
release when I see enough changes from sourceware which
warrant one. That is about once a month.
H.J.
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