Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] binutils-2.18.50

[NightStrike <nig...@gm...>]

On Nov 25, 2007 1:35 AM, Aaron W. LaFramboise <aar...@aa...> wrote:
> However, I'm worried about the way MinGW has always used hacked up
> versions of prerelease binutils.  Will there ever be a point when we can
> stick to release versions, with MinGW-specific patches accepted into
> binutils with the usual peer review process?

Why is this the case?  When porting to Win64, Kai made it such that
both binutils and gcc compile out of the box for x86_64-pc-mingw32.
Why is that so difficult for i686-pc-mingw32?