Re: port-evbarm/51653: pkgsrc breaks on RPI - evbarm vs. earm

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Nov 27,  9:15pm, coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost (coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: port-evbarm/51653: pkgsrc breaks on RPI - evbarm vs. earm

| The following reply was made to PR pkg/51653; it has been noted by GNATS.
| 
| From: coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost
| To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
| Cc: 
| Subject: Re: port-evbarm/51653: pkgsrc breaks on RPI - evbarm vs. earm
| Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 21:14:19 +0000
| 
|  On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 08:15:01PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
|  >  *5*.99?
|  >  
|  
|  Yes.
|  
|  For go14, I believe it is picked up from src/cmd/ld/elf.c
|  
|  // NetBSD Signature (as per sys/exec_elf.h)                                                                                                            
|  #define ELF_NOTE_NETBSD_NAMESZ          7
|  #define ELF_NOTE_NETBSD_DESCSZ          4
|  #define ELF_NOTE_NETBSD_TAG             1
|  #define ELF_NOTE_NETBSD_NAME            "NetBSD\0\0"
|  #define ELF_NOTE_NETBSD_VERSION         599000000       /* NetBSD 5.99 */
|  
|  I don't know why it felt the need to replicate sys/exec_elf.h. Possibly it relies
|  on compat to do the right thing.

It does not (rely on compat). It should really be using the right values
or they should be talking to us about making -1 or 0 meaning current, so
they don't have to change it.

christos