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Re: sparc testing available now...



On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 12:32:37PM -0400, Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, I guess I need to ask you about the patch that I sent to the BTS reagarding
> > the elf64_sparc.sh changes, and the fact that sparc now uses egcs (aka gcc 2.95.x)
> > as the default gcc (debian/rules hardcodes egcc as the default for sparc). I could
> > really use having these changes made to the package for the next release to unstable
> > so I don't have to keep binutils on hold.
> 
> I've got a new version ready to go (just have to wait for a glibc test
> build to finish before I run the binutils build).  I can upload the new
> diffs to master in about two hours if that's good for you.  Let me know if
> it's still needed.  I know alot of Sparc-related changes were made to
> binutils, but don't know if they included the stuff that you needed (don't
> think so upon a cursory glance).

Yeah, this change is sparc32 specific (and even more so Debian specific), so I
doubt it will be in the upstream. Thanks :)

> I really need a Sparc one of these days.  I was supposed to get an ancient
> one, but the guy never came through.  Maybe soon...hopefully a PPC will be
> included too :-)  That would round out my "Chris' Weird Architecture"
> collection (I only have one i386-type machine and four Alphas right now).

Only four alphas? You poor soul :P

Ben


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