This is the mail archive of the
binutils@sources.redhat.com
mailing list for the binutils project.
Re: BFD msbin patch
- From: Greg Banks <gnb at alphalink dot com dot au>
- To: Binutils Mailing List <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>, Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:01:17 +1100
- Subject: Re: BFD msbin patch
- Organization: Corpus Canem Pty Ltd
- References: <3C69DA16.E77E2371@alphalink.com.au> <20020213015303.A19710@nevyn.them.org>
G'day,
Thanks for the replies.
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> > 1. My patch is against 2.11.2, should I update it to be against
> > the latest CVS before submitting?
>
> Absolutely.
Ok, underway.
> > 2. Should I submit generated changes to configure and Makefile.in?
> > The problem is I'm currently running a different version of
> > autoconf, and there are spurious changes.
>
> Generally you shouldn't include changes to the massive generated files;
> they clutter up the diff and add no semantic information.
Glad to hear it. I *really* didn't want to have to update autoconf.
Nick Clifton wrote:
>
> Another issue is copyright. Before we could accept such a patch we
> would need a completed copyright assignment from you. (Form attached
> below).
Ok, filled and sent.
Greg.
--
the price of civilisation today is a courageous willingness to prevail,
with force, if necessary, against whatever vicious and uncomprehending
enemies try to strike it down. - Roger Sandall, The Age, 28Sep2001.