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From: Ken Y. <ke...@nl...> - 2001-04-24 13:08:19
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>Where can I download an upgrade for gas 2.95 alone? I would assume you >should also update ld, but do you have to upgrade the entire binutils? >The GNU site (& mirrors) only distribute the full-blown binutils packages, >and it is not clear which binutils version contains gas 2.95 (binutils-2.9.1 >?). If you are using Linux, then rpm -qlp binutils-blah should show you the files inside a RPM package, rpm -qip will show you the build notes. dpkg should have a similar option. And FreeBSD will have their own scheme for sure. Here's a tip. If you don't want to install the whole RPM, you usually only have to extract the gas binary from such a package, with something like: rpm2cpio binutils-blah | cpio -idmv /path/to/as/binary But why not upgrade the whole package while you are at it? >Also, a suggestion - if such a requirement exists, it would be helpful to >mention it on the etherboot development site (maybe even provide a link to a >site to obtain gas 2.95, or indicate "binutils vX.X.X or greater"). The >only mention I found was buried in the change log, and that was seemed >limited to 'recomended upgrade'. It is or will be in the user manual, a statement that gas 2.95 is required. It's also in the file INSTALL. I'm not sure of the relationship between gas versions and binutil versions. I believe, but I'm not sure, that binutils 2.x.y contains gas 2.x.y. BTW, the binutils numbering scheme is confusing. It only make sense when you realise it should really be 2.9.5 and that 2.10.0 is more recent. If I point users to the GNU archive, it may not be the best place to obtain updates if they are using a packaged Linux or FreeBSD distro. In short, I'd rather users exercise a bit of judgement. |
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From: Marty C. <md...@th...> - 2001-04-25 10:25:27
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On 4/24/01 7:50 PM Robb Main ma...@ac... wrote: >My intention was simply to avoid downloading a 6-7MB package (GNU gzip'd >tars) when all I needed was a 200KB binary. No, not because I'm lazy - my >Linux box is currently running 89% full. lol, clearly it's time to delete some of your old Etherboot mailing list archives. That should give you more than ample room :-) :-) I do understand how you feel, though. I've been waiting for the Progeny Linux (http://www.progeny.com/) distribution to come out to install some packages that I'm interested in. Now of course RH 7.1 has been announced, and will be coming out (coincidentally, I'm sure) 1 day later, so I'll probably be testing both distros on parallel machines. I'm hoping to switch my primary development environment to Debian in the coming months. Regards, Marty --- Try: http://rom-o-matic.net/ to make Etherboot images instantly. Name: Marty Connor US Mail: Entity Cyber, Inc.; P.O. Box 391827; Cambridge, MA 02139; USA Voice: (617) 491-6935, Fax: (617) 491-7046 Email: md...@th... Web: http://www.thinguin.org/ |
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From: Markus G. <ma...@gu...> - 2001-04-25 16:18:45
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> I do understand how you feel, though. I've been waiting for the Progeny > Linux (http://www.progeny.com/) distribution to come out to install some > packages that I'm interested in. Now of course RH 7.1 has been > announced, and will be coming out (coincidentally, I'm sure) 1 day later, > so I'll probably be testing both distros on parallel machines. I'm > hoping to switch my primary development environment to Debian in the > coming months. Debian is a great distributions. Why do you need to wait for Progeny? I run Debian (unstable) on all my machines (including my work machine), and I am more than happy; this is a developer's dream distribution. Running "unstable" is sometimes a little scary, but breakage tends to not happen to often and I can usually fix it within two minutes. Markus -- Markus Gutschke Resonate, Inc. 3637 Fillmore Street #106 385 Moffett Park Drive San Francisco, CA 94123-1600 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 +1-415-567-8449 +1-408-548-5528 ma...@gu... mgu...@re... |
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From: Doug A. <amb...@wh...> - 2001-04-24 17:35:05
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Ken Yap writes: | >Where can I download an upgrade for gas 2.95 alone? I would assume you | >should also update ld, but do you have to upgrade the entire binutils? | >The GNU site (& mirrors) only distribute the full-blown binutils packages, | >and it is not clear which binutils version contains gas 2.95 (binutils-2.9.1 | >?). | | If you are using Linux, then rpm -qlp binutils-blah should show you the | files inside a RPM package, rpm -qip will show you the build notes. dpkg | should have a similar option. And FreeBSD will have their own scheme for | sure. Here's a tip. If you don't want to install the whole RPM, you Yes, FreeBSD is different. Gas and friends are all part of the base OS. We have "ports" which goes and fetching things like EtherBoot applies any patches, checks dependancies and then builds it. Currently the binutils that is part of FreeBSD supports everything that EtherBoot needs. However, in the past this was not true so in the "port" it fetched a version of the binutils and built it. Then used that to build. It was a bit messy but worked. Now we don't have to do that. Now the "port" just fetches the tar-ball and then builds it since all the patches are now part of EtherBoot. Doug A. |
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From: Robb M. <ma...@ac...> - 2001-04-24 23:49:25
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Ken, Thanks for the guidance. > But why not upgrade the whole package while you are at it? My intention was simply to avoid downloading a 6-7MB package (GNU gzip'd tars) when all I needed was a 200KB binary. No, not because I'm lazy - my Linux box is currently running 89% full. Time for a hard drive upgrade, but I was hoping to put _that_ off until my favourite distro (slackware) rolls a 2.4.x kernel. > ...I believe, but > I'm not sure, that binutils 2.x.y contains gas 2.x.y. BTW, the binutils > numbering scheme is confusing. It only make sense when you realise it > should really be 2.9.5 and that 2.10.0 is more recent. Agreed whole-heartedly! > If I point users to the GNU archive, it may not be the best place to > obtain updates if they are using a packaged Linux or FreeBSD distro. In > short, I'd rather users exercise a bit of judgement. Understood. I will see if I can scrounge up a bit of judgement while I'm at it ;-) Robb. |
