Re: libcc_s.so and libc.so curcular dependency on FreeBSD

[Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>]

On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> I am working on integrating GCC 4.1.x series into FreeBSD src/ tree.

> I went ahead and implemented necessary code in FreeBSD's ld-elf.so. 
> 1 and with little changes in gcc crtstuff.c and unwind-dw2-fde- 
> glibc.c I was able to get things working.

> I wonder if you could confirm that this is a good resolution for the
> circular dependency issue or is there a better way.

I think it's a reasonable way to do it, we do something similar on  
darwin.

> I wonder if GCC team will be willing to accept gcc part of my changes
> into mainstream sources if I submit a patch.

To do this, we'd want you to get 4.3 working, submit a patch for  
that.  Then backport it to 4.2, submit that patch, then backport that  
to 4.1 and submit that patch.  Hope you have your paper work done.

> What are chances of something like this to be committed into not  
> only trunk, but also GCC
> 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 branches?

Reasonable.

> FreeBSD 7.0 wants to ship with GCC 4.1, but newer version is likely  
> to be imported into trunk shortly after CVS is branched for 7.0  
> release.

I'd recommend 4.2 at this point.