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Date:      Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:26:37 -0500 (EST)
From:      Kenneth Culver <culverk@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
To:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: gcc -O broken in CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20020315172221.P30837-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020315141913.D63986@dragon.nuxi.com>

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> > At the risk of being yelled at, I have a question: Why do we still need to
> > support a.out? I know that a lot of people MIGHT still have some a.out
> > binaries lying around, but FreeBSD's default binary format has been ELF
> > for 3 or 4 years (Since 3.0-3.1 I believe). I'm not saying that we should
> > entirely switch over to the regular gnu toolchain, but is it really
> > necessary to keep supporting a.out? Just my $0.02
>
> Rather than offer $0.02, send the patch.
>
Well, I was just asking if it is necessary, I'd make a patch if there was
interest. My mail was asking if there is interest.

Ken


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