Re: Linux v2.5.46

[Skip Ford]

Davide Libenzi wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Skip Ford wrote:
> > Kai Germaschewski wrote:
> > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, george anzinger wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think we need a newer objcopy :(
> > >
> > > Alternatively, use this patch. (It's not really needed to force people to
> > > upgrade binutils when ld can do the job, as it e.g. does in
> > > arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile already).
> > >
> > > -	( cd $(obj) ; ./gen_init_cpio | gzip -9c > initramfs_data.cpio.gz )
> > > +	( cd $(obj) ; ./$< | gzip -9c > $@ )
> >
> > I get errors with your patch.  I had to remove the 'cd $(obj)' above
> > from usr/Makefile.
> 
> With the latest binutils it works flawlessy w/out any patches ...

His patch is intended to negate the need for a recent binutils.  I
already have binutils 2.13 and had no trouble building.  But with his
patch that I assume Linus will apply, it errors out no matter which
binutils you have.

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Skip