Subject: Re: src/gnu/usr.bin/egcs/common
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/17/1999 14:49:16
On 17 Dec 1999 14:39:01 -0800 
 Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> wrote:

 > However, NetBSD ships with:
 > 
 > 	XFree86
 > 	system libraries/binaries
 > 	pkgsrc (binary packages)
 > 
 > Why can't we recompile them all?  We already do most of that, I
 > believe.
 > 
 > As for third-party libraries 1.4.1 -> 1.5, we're already screwed on
 > i386 since we move to ELF there.

So you're willing to screw everyone else?  Not me.

 > So, if we are going to do this, it sounds like a damned good time to
 > do it.

Not for the Alpha users, or the MIPS users, or the m68k users...

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>