From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Solving the grub-pe2elf problem
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:35:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090810113508.GD9344@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1249706967.28996.2.camel@mj>
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 12:49:27AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 22:39 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> > I don't understand this. Why is a requirement to install GNU binutils
> > unreasonable, whereas a requirement to install objconv is not?
>
> Installing binutils can break the existing toolchain. Installing
> objconv should not.
>
> It's a good idea, as it would unify Apple and Cygwin support to some
> degree.
I would prefer if we didn't feed the NIH syndrome in those two platforms (the
rest of the world has settled on ELF, and it is still difficult for users of
those two OSes to produce that format).
That said, switching to objconv is an improvement. I have nothing against it.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-10 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-07 13:46 Solving the grub-pe2elf problem Robert Millan
2009-08-07 14:01 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2009-08-07 14:06 ` Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
2009-08-07 16:20 ` Christian Franke
2009-08-07 17:27 ` Bean
2009-08-08 22:04 ` Christian Franke
2009-08-07 20:39 ` Robert Millan
2009-08-08 4:49 ` Pavel Roskin
2009-08-10 11:35 ` Robert Millan [this message]
2009-08-07 16:18 ` Christian Franke
2009-08-08 4:53 ` Pavel Roskin
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