Long release cycle (was: RE: uclibc tool chain installation problem)

[Erik Andersen]

On Wed Mar 22, 2006 at 05:08:10PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 March 2006 16:43, Peter S. Mazinger wrote:
> > I have forgotten to mention the most importants before releasing .29:
> > 1. all gcc versions have to be updated using at least the 203* patch from
> > gcc-4.2.0, else libstdc++ can't be built w/ current svn (it does not break
> > .28 builds) if XLOCALE is enabled (maybe LOCALE as well, haven't tried)
> > 2. all gcc4 need a correction (maybe 204* from 4.2.0), else libstdc++ will
> > fail again if XLOCALE is enabled
> 
> eh, buildroot issues, not uClibc ...

It would however be very helpful if we had an actual buildroot
release in sync with .29.  And in general, it would be generally
helpful to have patches for the versions of gcc and binutils now
in buildroot to work with the .29 release -- useful for buildroot
users and useful for folks wishing to poach patches from
buildroot so they can build their own toolchains.  So I do have
to agree with psm here -- we should have gcc and binutils patches
in shape prior to the .29 release.

 -Erik

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