On Fri, 11 Jun 2021, John Ericson wrote:
> I would like to propose that GNU tools consistently interpret configs
> with "netbsd" as meaning ELF as opposed to a.out. Currently, newer CPUs
> do that, but older ones have "netbsd" mean a.out for historical reasons,
> and "netbsdelf" is used instead
Hi John,
But they did offer some tentative support for my second suggestion of changing the meaning of bare
"netbsd" --- "netbsdaout" would still be available to unambiguously request
a.out for anyone that wants it.
I think that this would be OK for the binutils, providing that when configur
Hello Binutils and GCC lists[1],
I would like to propose that GNU tools consistently interpret configs with
"netbsd" as meaning ELF as opposed to a.out. Currently, newer CPUs do that, but
older ones have "netbsd" mean a.out for historical reasons, and "netbsdelf" is
used instead. This inconsist
