From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 19 09:51:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA29308 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:51:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (spain-43.ppp.hooked.net [206.169.228.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA29302 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:51:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA07255; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:54:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 09:54:21 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Zepeda X-Sender: garbanzo@zippy.dyn.ml.org To: Narvi cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Terry Lambert , dkelly@hiwaay.net, FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Back to sysinstall (was Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Narvi wrote: [...] > Well, if the question behind the threads issue is real, we might be in for > some real problems. > > Also, for working exceptions with egcs, binutuils 2.9 is needed (could be > we already have that, I haven't checked). There has been confusion with EH > and egcs from about day one. redwood203:~$as --version GNU assembler 2.9.1 Copyright 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty. This assembler was configured for a target of `i386-unknown-freebsdelf'. redwood203:~$as -aout --version *unknown*: Assembler messages: *unknown*:0: Warning: /usr/libexec/aout/as: I don't understand '-' flag. GNU assembler version 1.92.3, FreeBSD $Revision: 1.6 $ I personally haven't been able to get exceptions to work at all unless I use setjmp/jongjmp exceptions. This is with egcs configured for a freebsdelf target. This is no problem, except this isn't threadsafe. > Then there are some changes problems with asm. > > Major template bogossities abound. Hmm? > Can we build a reliably working system with egcs? Has anyone actually > tried it? I don't know if the actual egcs releases post 1.1 do this, but the snapshot of egcs I'm using treats const -> non const w/out a cast and vice versa as a fatal error, which could prove quite fun. - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message