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Date:      Mon, 20 May 2002 19:10:35 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/usr.bin/elf2aout elf2aout.c
Message-ID:  <20020520161035.GQ73296@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020520121640.B62759@locore.ca>
References:  <200205201442.g4KEgnK08485@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020520144724.GB73296@sunbay.com> <20020520121640.B62759@locore.ca>

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On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 12:16:41PM -0400, Jake Burkholder wrote:
> Apparently, On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:47:24PM +0300,
> 	Ruslan Ermilov said words to the effect of;
> 
> > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:42:48AM -0700, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > ru          2002/05/20 07:42:48 PDT
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     .                    Makefile.inc1 
> > >     usr.bin/elf2aout     elf2aout.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Bootstrap elf2aout(1) for sparc64; used to build sys/boot/sparc64/boot1.
> > >   
> > >   Revision  Changes    Path
> > >   1.282     +5 -1      src/Makefile.inc1
> > >   1.5       +29 -1     src/usr.bin/elf2aout/elf2aout.c
> > > 
> > Using this patch, my 4.5-STABLE box was able to cross-build the sparc64
> > world.
> 
> A better change would be to mfc the endian changes.  I find what you did
> kind of disgusting.  I also would have preferred if you asked me before
> committing it.
> 
Even if we MFC it today, this stuff wouldn't have fixed the upgrade path
from systems that do not (and never will) have sys/endian.h like 5.0-CURRENT
before sys/endian.h was added, and all released 4.x versions.


Cheers,
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