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I am trying to add users with the uname, and newuser commands that I
read about on the plan9 documentation,
On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 15:02 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
dislike of linker sets.
I tend to
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 06:06 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
Now, on the other hand, I guess kernel is different though.
Isn't it supposed to be one huge piece of magic to begin with? ;-)
it's supposed to be neither.
Yeah, but Ron was talking 'bout that kernel from Scandinavia,
right?
Now, on the other hand, I guess kernel is different though.
Isn't it supposed to be one huge piece of magic to begin with? ;-)
it's supposed to be neither.
Yeah, but Ron was talking 'bout that kernel from Scandinavia,
right?
uff-da.
- erik
OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
sets?
I see it this way:
using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the linkers
language
to understand how the system is configured (when trying to track down a
problem)
using a bit of
but all the world uses GCC
nowadays, so why bother with portability anymore?
and then when you look at compiling for particular platforms you get to ask
which gcc? because code can be non-portable between them
(for the same processor), and the options that work are different too. such
