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Re: Problem with exception handling on x86 / am using "as" version2.9.1
- To: alan at SPRI dot Levels dot UniSA dot Edu dot Au
- Subject: Re: Problem with exception handling on x86 / am using "as" version2.9.1
- From: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:41:34 +0100
- Cc: egcs-bugs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure (quatramaran)
- References: <200002192318.AAA26787@quatramaran.ens.fr>
In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002201512580.10014-100000@mullet.itr.unisa.edu.au> you write:
>
>On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Marc Espie wrote:
>Laugh. For current CVS binutils, x86 is probably the best tested flavour,
>thanks mainly to HJ Lu's snapshot releases for linux. Use his latest
>release with confidence, especially if it's been there for a few weeks. ;-)
>ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/
Apparently, you missed the `not-linux' part. Also, you seem to believe I
can live happily which something which is x86 tested, but probably flies
daemons thru a power-pc... and is reasonably useless for quite a few
combination.
Oh well, I can summarize the problem...
Want binutils. Not Linux -> good luck. Not ELF -> you can die.
It's obvious Linux people couldn't care LESS about a new binutils release.
They have H.J.Lu and his wonderful snapshots...
I don't mean to say that what he does is not great work. Is it beneficial or
harmful to the larger community of free OSes and even (gasp !) hostile
commercial environments ? Hum... good question.
Go and try updating a multiple-processor OS to a recent snapshot of binutils,
you'll have a better look from my point of view...