On 9 May 2001, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Alternatively define rtld-oformat to elf(32|64)-trad(little|big)mips
> > where appropriate and require a minimal version of binutils in
> > sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/configure.in. The requirement should be
> > forced anyway and I guess version 2.11.1 may be a good candidate once it's
> > out.
>
> Let's test features and not version numbers if possible. We have HJ
> Lu's binutils and the official binutils and we should be careful here
> testing for versions.
You are right wrt elf(32|64)-trad(little|big)mips, indeed. Still
released binutils before 2.11 have troubles with versioning and other bits
on MIPS and that's tough to test for. So we should really force users to
make use of a recent enough version of binutils. By choosing 2.11.1 as an
absolute minimum we could supposedly eliminate a test for
elf(32|64)-trad(little|big)mips, but an additional test won't hurt for
sure.
As to H.J.Lu's binutils I see no problem. He consciously chose an
unambiguous versioning style, so we may have distinct rules for FSF and
H.J.Lu's binutils.
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