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Date:      Tue, 21 May 2002 13:38:03 +0000
From:      "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/elf2aout elf2aout.c
Message-ID:  <20020521133802.GB5716@FreeBSD.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <20020521093456.GA74330@sunbay.com>
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On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:34:56PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > You'll have to fix <sys/elf32.h> first.  Also make sure this
> > > still can be bootstrapped from the old versions.
> > 
> > Well it looks like the structure you changed is for aout information,
> > so I don't see how <sys/elf32.h> would be significant.  But even if it
> > were, u_int32_t and uint32_t will always be compatible with each
> > other.  The only difference being that the latter is portable, which
> > is a positive attribute for cross-tools.
> > 
> I know, I was trying to point that <sys/elf32.h> still uses an old
> non-portable u_int32_t, and probably should also be fixed.

You just lamented having to do 'make includes'.

Now, consider that when bootstrapping we use the host includes.  I doubt a
host uses types it doesn't understand.

Think through whether or not changing our header will make a shred of
difference.
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