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Re: install stuff
- To: Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com, law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: install stuff
- From: meissner at cygnus dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:03:06 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
| > powerpc-*-linux-gnu*:
| > You will need binutils-2.8.1.0.17 available from
| > <ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl> for a working egcs. It is strongly
| > recommended to recompile binutils with egcs if you initially built it with
| > gcc-2.7.2.*.
| Is this really correct?? -- I know Meissner's been working with a ppc/linux
| box, but I don't know if he's using the new binutils. Exactly what problems
| does this binutils fix?
Yes you need a new binutils (either the gas snapshot in the egcs directory or
HJ's new binutils release). The specific problem I noticed was the patch that
put @local on calls to local functions would not work with the old gas.