Re: [avr-libc-dev] [patch #7830] avr-libc headers are very outdated

[David Brown]

On 14/08/2012 22:50, Weddington, Eric wrote:
> Ah, ok.
>
> That package contains *patches* to the indicated released versions.
> Since the avr-libc and avr-gdb subdirectories are empty, that means
> that there were no patches to the released versions that was used in
> building the AVR Toolchain.
>
> We're working right now to correct that for the next (upcoming)
> release of AVR Toolchain to make sure that we also offer the full
> modified source in addition to the patches.

Will you keep the patches clearly available as well?  The full modified 
source is easiest for people who want to re-build the toolchain as-is, 
but I think that will be relatively few people (users of BSD are 
probably the biggest group).  The patches let people try out different 
things, such as applying the patches to newer versions of gcc.

Incidentally, is there a source of the patches other than via Atmel's 
website and the toolchain downloads?  It doesn't hinder me unduly that 
you have to fill in a form to register for each download (though it 
irritates me immensely), but I can imagine that some people disapprove 
of it.  I would expect that people making packages for Debian, for 
example, would be uncomfortable with the idea.  Is there any sort of 
publicly available website showing the current list of patches, or an 
overview of what they are?  (This is just out of curiosity on my part.)

Of course, the ideal situation is that there are no patches - but gcc 
development does not tend to work like that!

mvh.,

David




> Hope that helps.
>
> Eric Weddington
>
> > -----Original Message----- From: John Voltz
> > [mailto:address@hidden Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:12
> > AM To: Weddington, Eric Cc: David Brown; address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] [patch #7830] avr-libc headers are very
> > outdated
> >
> > http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATMELAVRTOOLCHAINFORLINUX.aspx
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Weddington, Eric
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Voltz
> > [mailto:address@hidden
> >
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:06 AM > To: David Brown > Cc:
> > Weddington, Eric; address@hidden > Subject: Re:
> > [avr-libc-dev] [patch #7830] avr-libc headers are very outdated > >
> > Thanks David, > > I just downloaded the toolchain source from
> > Atmel's website. I opened up the > zip file and the directories for
> > avr-libc and avr-gdb are empty. :( >
> >
> > :-(
> >
> > What location did you download from?
> >
> > Eric