From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id fARGlFt23651 for linux-mips-outgoing; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:47:15 -0800 Received: from cygnus.com (runyon.cygnus.com [205.180.230.5]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id fARGlAo23646 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:47:10 -0800 Received: from localhost.localdomain (taarna.cygnus.com [205.180.230.102]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA10220 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 07:47:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from aldyh@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fARFn8e05821; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:49:08 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: aldyh set sender to aldyh@redhat.com using -f To: "H . J . Lu" Cc: linux-gcc@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, GNU C Library , Kenneth Albanowski , Mat Hostetter , Andy Dougherty , Warner Losh , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, Ron Guilmette , "Polstra; John" , "Hazelwood; Galen" , Ralf Baechle , Linas Vepstas , Feher Janos , Leonard Zubkoff , "Steven J. Hill" , Murat_Berk@bmc.com Subject: Re: The Linux binutils 2.11.92.0.12 is released. References: <20011126212859.A17557@lucon.org> From: Aldy Hernandez Date: 27 Nov 2001 09:49:08 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20011126212859.A17557@lucon.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "H" == H J Lu writes: > This is the beta release of binutils 2.11.92.0.12 for Linux, which is > based on binutils 2001 1121 in CVS on sourecware.cygnus.com plus > various changes. It is purely for Linux. Ok, i am completely new to this... But why is it that we need a separate binutils for linux? Can't we stabilize what we have in sources cvs and distribute this? It seems like this is a duplication of work. I'm sure i'm missing something. Please enlighten me. Aldy