On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 08:59:04AM -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > I obtain, with "addr2line --version", the following: > > LFS6.5: GNU addr2line (GNU Binutils) 2.19.1 > LFS6.7: GNU addr2line (GNU Binutils) 2.20.1.20100303 > LFS6.8: GNU addr2line (GNU Binutils) 2.21 > > How safe is the upgrade to Binutils 2.22? > *any* upgrade of the toolchain is unknown territory on an LFS system. Seriously, if it becomes too old to build a current kernel (been there, seen it) then *add* a recent binutils and gcc in a different prefix and use that to build a current kernel, and then build a new system using the old system with new kernel as the host.
> Or: > > Has anyone performed similar upgrade? If yes, is there any particular > difference from a cold install? What are you expecting to gain from upgrading binutils ? I'm just curious. For LFS-svn, there is *always* a possibility of breakage as soon as you get into BLFS. Unlikely, but possible. With a fair wind, those sort of problems will mostly be caught by the time a new LFS is released. To be honest, I can't remember the last time a package upgrade in LFS had to be reverted, but I think it has happened. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
