Re: [Freemint-discuss] binutils version

[Peter S. <p....@sc...>]

On Fri, 04 May 2018 23:02:30 , Thorsten Otto <ad...@th...> wrote:
> On Freitag, 4. Mai 2018 21:41:36 CEST Peter Slegg wrote:
> > I suspect this is because you were aiming at
> > cross-compiling.
>
> Yes, i used a slightly modified version of the script that i also use for
> cross-compiling. The native versions where just a try, i stopped working on it
> when i had a somewhat lengthy discussion with mirko, and we couldn't decide
> wether the '020 compiler should also produce '020 executables by default,
> because that would require a different lib directory layout for the '000 and
> the '020 version.
>
> BTW do you have some specific need of newer features that aren't supported by
> older versions, or just wanted to have a "recent" version?
>
>

No great need for new features but with the elf discussion I looked
at my binutils and saw how old they were. I like to keep things
updated if I can.

Also, if the migration to elf begins, I might try to help with some
testing.

Regards,

Peter