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Re: fix build on Free/OpenBSD arm
On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 03:38:10PM +0200, Bjoern Koenig wrote:
> Anthony Green wrote:
>
> > Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote:
> >
> >> the following patch fixes the build of libffi on at least OpenBSD and
> >> FreeBSD. it was originally submitted by Bj?rn K?nig on:
> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=122398
> >
> > I don't think this patch is OK as is, since other ports use the code
> > you're deleting. What error do you get without this change? Is it just
> > that the comment marker is wrong?
>
> Currently FreeBSD comes with an old version of binutils where the GNU
> assembler doesn't support unwind directives. I never submitted the patch
> on this list because it was never intended for operating systems other
> than FreeBSD. It's part of the FreeBSD-specific libffi port and that's
> sufficient in my opinion. OpenBSD folks should do the same if necessary.
>
> Regards
> Bj?rn
OpenBSD's binutils is outdated as well. Please ignore this patch then,
as it doesn't apply to other operating systems.
Cheers,
Jasper
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