Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc
To: None <hubertf@netbsd.org>
From: Nick Hudson <nick@nthcliff.demon.co.uk>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/05/2000 09:12:27
Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> 
> Module Name:    pkgsrc
> Committed By:   hubertf
> Date:           Wed Oct  4 15:13:04 UTC 2000
> 
> Update of /cvsroot/pkgsrc/sysutils/c++rt0
> In directory netbsd.hut.fi:/tmp/cvs-serv5418
> 
> Log Message:
> The default NetBSD/sparc /usr/lib/c++rt0.o is compiled -fpic. This
> means it can only handle offsets up to a certain size, and can fail
> to work in large programs. Compiling -fPIC allows larger offsets
> and should permit large programs to function.
> 
> This package allows most of pkgsrc on NetBSD/sparc 1.4.x systems.
> 
> XXX I *think* that libtool needs to be rebuilt after installing this!

No libtool packages will just pick up the new c++rt0.o and start linking
properly. Shouldn't someone put a DEPENDS in libtool for sparc<1.4.3?

Nick