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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:27:49 GMT
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, =?US-ASCII?Q?John?= Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, qa@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org, kris@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cputype=486
Message-ID:  <20010313.22274900@ler-freebie.iadfw.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010313141251.A18519@mollari.cthul.hu>
References:  <3AAD394D.49597B93@cup.hp.com> <20010312.21272700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD485E.272DF239@cup.hp.com> <20010312.22211700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD53EA.F71920E8@cup.hp.com> <20010312.23010600@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <3AAD6AB5.889C73F8@cup.hp.com> <20010312190530.A14665@lerami.lerctr.org> <3AAD78E4.75B12D7@cup.hp.com> <20010313.21482800@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> <20010313141251.A18519@mollari.cthul.hu>

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So, we agree that it is wrong for the cross stuff to use host libraries =

when building tools that will run on the target?  Marcel seemed to=20
indicate that this was fine.  I think that it is wrong.  Will a note be =

added at least for 4.3 to note this for the naive  novice user?=20

Meanwhile, I'm building a non-PPro optimized set, and installing my 486 =

to current -STABLE.=20

LER


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 3/13/01, 4:12:51 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote regard=
ing=20
Re: cputype=3D486:


> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:48:28PM +0000, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> > So, what is the final word from the powers that be re: 4.3 and CPUTY=
PE?

> CPUTYPE has nothing to do with the problem here, so it doesn't need to=

> be removed.  The issue is that libraries from the host system are
> being used in some cases by the installed tools built for the target
> system, which is the wrong behaviour and may cause them to fail in
> other situations than if they were compiled with CPUTYPE (remember,
> CPUTYPE does nothing which you couldn't already do with CFLAGS).

> Kris

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