Subject: Newer version of gdb and binutils?

From: "Frank Neumann" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:49:24 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi,
there have been newer versions of these two programs out for some time
now:
gdb-4.16 (current in Debian: 4.15)
binutils-2.7 (current in Debian: 2.6)

David, are you working on debianizing the newer versions? I'm pretty much
interested in a newer binutils, because the current Debian version does
not generate correct code for the 68060 processor (like the current 2.0.18
kernel on accelerated m68k machines). A patch to gdb-4.16 has also been made
available by Andreas Schwab to make it compile on m68k. If you want, I 
can send it to you.

Thanks,
Frank

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From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:46:30 +0200 (MET DST)

> available by Andreas Schwab to make it compile on m68k. If you want, I 

If anyone is going to do this, please base it on

ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/debian/BETA/binutils-2.7-1.tar.gz

This is the version I use on the Alpha. I've merged the debian binutils-2.6 
and the FSF binutils-2.7 to get a version that is backwards compatible
with building older kernels.

Mike.
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From: [email-masked] (David Engel)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:15:07 -0500 (CDT)

> > available by Andreas Schwab to make it compile on m68k. If you want, I 

Was this intended for me?  If so, I don't remember seeing it before.
Please remember that I've fallen of the -devel list and can't get back
on.

Anyway, the deal for gdb and binutils is that I only have enough time
to track H.J. Lu's versions.  Since he hasn't released public versions
of gdb-4.16 and binutils-2.7 yet, neither have I.  However, if anyone
out there is capable of handling these packages and devote more time
to them, I will gladly give them up.  They have actually been up for
adoption for some time, I just haven't publicized it much.

> with building older kernels.

David
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From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:54:03 +0200 (MET DST)

> Please remember that I've fallen of the -devel list and can't get back

Partly, I ment to contact you but somehow it slipped through. Oh well.
You still aren't back on debian-devel? Hmm.. I understand lists.debian.org
is going to be moved to a new server soon, fortunately.

> of gdb-4.16 and binutils-2.7 yet, neither have I.

Indeed. However, binutils-2.7 runs "out of the box" for Linux/ELF. I don't
think a special Linux version is needed. I only added a few Alpha patches,
and I ported some stuff from 2.6-hlu (encaps and objdump - for building older
Linux kernels).

> However, if anyone

Can't help you there, I'm afraid. I don't know too much about this stuff
and I am busy enough as it is.

Anyway the 2.7 version I made compiles and runs on both the i386 and
alpha - in fact all my packages were made with it. There's no work
needed on it, it's already been "debianized".

Mike.

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From: Michael Meskes <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 13:43:35 +0200 (MET DST)

> and I ported some stuff from 2.6-hlu (encaps and objdump - for building older

I have debianized HJ's version 2.7.0.2 (in fact I just copied David's
debian.* files over) and it works fine without additional patching. If
anyone likes to take a look at it, it's on
ftp://feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/debian.local/<source|binary-i386>/local

Michael

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From: [email-masked] (David Engel)
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:01:01 -0500 (CDT)

> > Indeed. However, binutils-2.7 runs "out of the box" for Linux/ELF. I don't

The base version doesn't support the -k and -q options which are
needed to build an i386 kernel.

> ftp://feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/debian.local/<source|binary-i386>/local

2.7.0.3 includes an important patch for building large programs and
shared libraries.

David