On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:56:28AM +0200, Tom Appermont wrote: > To avoid any further confusion, which then are the versions > ( & patches ) of binutils / gcc / libc needed to get a > linux mips toolchain we can use until the end of time? I routinely publish just such a thing at oss.sgi.com:/pub/linux/mips/mips-linux/simple/crossdev. Many others publish similar toolchains regularly - see the list archives for pointers. None of them have expiration dates; you are free to use them forever. If you never change software you'll never lose binary compatibility. Likewise, you'll never get any bug fixes or new features either. If you mean a set of tools and libraries with which everything in the future will always be binary compatible, we should talk - I have a very attractive bridge I'm looking to get rid of. Binary compatibility is irrelevant in a source-enabled world and exists only long enough to make sure the previous release that broke compatibility finishes compiling before the next such release comes out. -- Keith M Wesolowski <wesolows@foobazco.org> http://foobazco.org/~wesolows ------(( Project Foobazco Coordinator and Network Administrator ))------ "Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss put in an honest day's work." -- The fortune file
