Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:41:07 GMT From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, kris@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, qa@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, =?US-ASCII?Q?Larry?= Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Subject: Re: cputype=486 Message-ID: <20010313.22410700@ler-freebie.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <20010313143706.A19201@mollari.cthul.hu> References: <20010313141251.A18519@mollari.cthul.hu> <XFMail.010313143228.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20010313143706.A19201@mollari.cthul.hu>
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Do I need to send in a PR? Or is this discussion enough to keep this=20 issue on the list for post-4.3?=20 LER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/13/01, 4:37:06 PM, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote regard= ing=20 Re: cputype=3D486: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 02:32:28PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 13-Mar-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > 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 CP= UTYPE? > > > > > > CPUTYPE has nothing to do with the problem here, so it doesn't nee= d 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 targ= et > > > 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 > > > > Well, solving this problem in a sane fashion is not easy, and I don'= t=20 think we > > have time to do it before 4.3. I think that there should be a warni= ng=20 that > > building a world with a CPUTYPE < the CPUTYPE of the build machine i= s not > > supported for 4.3. > That's probably the solution here. > Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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