Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/2001/06/25/08:11:28
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Andris Pavenis wrote:
> > > I suggested to temporary change name of linker script and supply the new
> > > one with GCC-3.0. So I make sure the incompatible one from djdev203.zip
> > > will never be used with these binaries of GCC-3.0. As result there is no
> > > need to update djdev203.zip now and there will be no danger of unpacking
> > > archives in wrong order.
> >
> > What happens if one of the next Binutils releases needs to change the
> > script?
>
> When it could happen? I think that not earlier than to next major
> release of binutils but more probably even later.
That could be tomorrow, if Mark finds some grave reason to do so.
> The best would be to get rid of linker script in djdev20X.zip with time
> and to have it in binutils only (in libs/ldscripts).
We've been through that in the past: the problem with the linker script
is that, unlike specs, it is releated to both the compiler and to
Binutils. So putting it in either of these two packages has downsides
when the other package needs a change in the script, for some reason.
Of course, leaving the script in djdev doesn't solve this problem, but at
least it doesn't change the packaging everybody is used to. I think such
changes are only justified when they solve problems in some fundamental
ways, because packaging changes have their own downsides (people leave
old files lurking around and waiting to bite them).
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