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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Dec 23, 2012 15:23 UTC (Sun) by stevenb (guest, #11536)
In reply to: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns by lu_zero
Parent article: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Right, because bootstrapping is something most of us do every day. Twice.

Oh, wait...


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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Dec 23, 2012 22:35 UTC (Sun) by lu_zero (guest, #72556) [Link]

Some do that as part of their job...

GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Dec 24, 2012 18:05 UTC (Mon) by heijo (guest, #88363) [Link]

Ever heard of cross compilation?

This idea that you need to support bad compiler is bullshit, just use your x86-64 g++ to compile an x86-64 to $bootstrap g++, then use the latter to compile a native $bootstrap g++.

GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Dec 26, 2012 10:49 UTC (Wed) by CopperWing (guest, #82856) [Link]

The GCC switch to C++ changes completely nothing in terms of system bootstrap. Zero lines of code must be changed anywhere because of that.

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