On Sun 14 Nov, Russell King - ARM Linux Admin wrote:
> Philip Blundell writes:
> > >The 2.3 CVS tree.
> This lack of a standard diff/patch is /the problem/ and /the reason/
> why it's not open-sourced. If someone can show me a practical solution
> to this, then it will get open-sourced. Until that time, it remains as
> is.
If it would help, I am happy to do the (admittedly tedious) manual
patching/maintaining of the RISCOS tools, to relieve Russell for more
important things.
> Also, it's worth noting that !Linux cannot be linked by the newer Acorn
> tools, since the AOF format has changed in non-backward compatable ways
> (which prevent the non-source distributable library which the programs
> link against linking).
Indeed, and in fact I can only compile some of the tools with the older
tools too, but that ought to be a solvable problem (given that it works
for Russell with a very similar toolset). Once I have solved that problem
I can usefully help maintain them.
The source is available from the FTP site so it is effectively
open-source although it is not GPLed.
> Basically, development on RISC OS is a mess, just like partitioning
> stuff on Acorn machines.
It's rather old-fashioned, but I wouldn't call it 'a mess'.
Wookey
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