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Re: error in compiling binutils 2.16.1
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 04:33:10PM -0600, The Doctor wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 03:49:21PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, The Doctor wrote:
> > > > It comes from your local patches; you get to update them.
> > >
> > > My question is how do you do that from 2.13.1 to 2.16.1?
> >
> > As usually. Although my personal advice is doing it more frequently as
> > you avoid facing a big task at once this way. Or better yet submitting it
> > for inclusion in the official sources.
> >
> Here is the fiel in question:
This is not how you submit a file for inclusion in the official
sources! You need to update the file so that it works with current
CVS, and supply proper changelog entries. If you can't do this work
yourself, then find someone else to do it from amongst BSD enthusiasts,
or pay one of the companies who specialise in this work,
eg. codesourcery.com or specifixinc.com.
--
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre