Re: binutils-2.17.50.0.10+ hates hppa ?

Jeff Bailey writes:
> On 27/01/07, John David Anglin <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > huh ?  that patch was against vanilla binutils release ... in other
> > words,
> > > > i did `tar jxf binutils-2.17.50.0.11.tar.bz2` ... so unless Gentoo has
> > > > patched tar to screw up elf32-hppa.c, i dont think it's a Gentoo issue
> > >
> > > looking through some binutils history, this looks like some fix that
> > HJLu h=
> > > as=20
> > > done (Jan 2007 / PR3826) ... i'll complain to him/binutils list that
> > he's
> > > fuckin up my mojo :)
> >
> > Just blame HJL.  Personally, I don't see much merit in using
> > "linux binutils" on hppa.
> 
> 
> Except that this is what a number of distros  (Gentoo, Fedora, Ubuntu) are
> shipping at the moment.

Ubuntu does not use linux binutils in edgy and feisty.