Subject: Re: src/gnu/usr.bin/egcs/common
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/17/1999 14:49:16
On 17 Dec 1999 14:39:01 -0800
Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> wrote:
> However, NetBSD ships with:
>
> XFree86
> system libraries/binaries
> pkgsrc (binary packages)
>
> Why can't we recompile them all? We already do most of that, I
> believe.
>
> As for third-party libraries 1.4.1 -> 1.5, we're already screwed on
> i386 since we move to ELF there.
So you're willing to screw everyone else? Not me.
> So, if we are going to do this, it sounds like a damned good time to
> do it.
Not for the Alpha users, or the MIPS users, or the m68k users...
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>