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From: Tom Appermont <tea@sonycom.com>
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Subject: Re: Binary compatibility break understood ?
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> > To get the new targets working correctly:
> > 	* new binutils
> > 	* new gcc built with new binutils (does the 2.95.4 branch have the
> >         changes, or only 3.0?)
> > 	* new libc built with new gcc
> > 	* rebuild gcc with the new libc
> > 
> > Am I missing anything?
> 
> The latter three steps are not necessary.

To avoid any further confusion, which then are the versions 
( & patches ) of binutils / gcc / libc needed to get a
linux mips toolchain we can use until the end of time? 

Tom