On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 06:04:40PM -0400, Stefan Teleman wrote: > >But you're replacing GCC [yet]. You're replacing binutils, and as far > >as we all understand there's no reason why GCC 3.4.3 shouldn't work just > >fine with the new binutils. Have you tested GCC 3.4.3 w/ the latest > >binutils? You certainly could (build binutils, install it, then build > >all consolidations that can build with GCC 3.4.3, then run some tests > >(not necessarily every testsuite we have -- that would take a long > >time and a lot of effort for you). > > It's not a question of me not wanting to do the work, it is simply a matter
I did not think I implied that. I still haven't. However, you seem to be arguing "better not risk it" while it'd be nice to know if it is a problem or not. > of "no-one has ever asked for the current GCC 3.4.3 to update its binutils". So what? > Therefore, the answer is no, i have not tested GCC 3.4.3 with the newer > binutils, because this was never part of the plan. Maybe it should be, because the architecture that makes sense is to deliver binutils in /usr/gnu/bin without 'g' prefixes and in /usr/bin with 'g' prefixes. So far as I can tell every ARC member that's weighed in on this thinks as much. Nico --
