Just wanted to announce this... I'm removing the cross-compiler patches to debian/rules, etc. as of the upcoming 2.11.90.0.5-1. Until we get a better method for compiling these, I'd rather not have the packages available. As it stands, it takes several hours to build binutils and all of the cross- packages on my fast Alpha and I don't even want to know how long on m68k (up to a day, IIRC).
Gcc still hasn't found a good way to avoid this kind of multiple package generation and, until we/they do, I'd rather have binutils agree with that stance. If anything, this may help force the issue a bit (fingers crossed). So far, keeping up the cross- packages has been quite a bit of work for me and I've received very little feedback as to whether or not the packages are actually useful enough to warrant this. I have received a number of bugs against those packages, though, so I'd rather do this right and in concert with gcc (since you'll need a proper gcc cross-compiler generated to use them anyway) rather than spend hours trying to keep up packages that will end up being heavily modified in the future anyway. If there are any objections, please feel free to email me. I don't plan on keeping them buried forever...only until a better way is found to generate them in a policy-compliant manner and also in manner that won't impact slower/older architectures like m68k quite as much.... C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
