Re: Updating src/contrib/binutils

From: Johan Bucht <jbucht_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:21:23 +0200
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote:
>> because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to
>> ask you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils.
>
> Hi Jens,
> As part of the MIPS effort, I will be updating Binutils to 2.17, the last
> GPLv2 release.  Please wait for that effort.
>

How tightly coupled are binutils and gcc? Is it be possible to replace
some/all of the binutil binaries with bsd licensed counter-parts (like
the ElfToolChain) without breaking something?

/Johan
Received on Wed Jul 02 2008 - 13:50:06 UTC

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