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mrg 4c92852a80 remove almost all the ability to build netbsd with an a.out target. we're ELF now, and there are many missing checks against OBJECT_FMT. if we ever consider switching, the we can figure out what new ones we need but for now it's just clutter. this doesn't remove any of the support for exec_aout or any actually required-for-boot a.out support, only the ability to build a netbsd release in a.out format. ie, most of this code has been dead for over a decade. i've tested builds on vax, amd64, i386, mac68k, macppc, sparc, atari, amiga, shark, cats, dreamcast, landisk, mmeye and x68k. this covers the 5 MACHINE_ARCH's affected, and all the other arch code touched. it also includes some actual run-time testing of sparc, i386 and shark, and i performed binary comparison upon amiga and x68k as well. some minor details relevant: - move shlib.[ch] from ld.aout_so into ldconfig proper, and cut them down to only the parts ldconfig needs - remove various unused source files - switch amiga bootblocks to using elf2bb.h instead of aout2bb.h		2010-07-06 05:59:50 +00:00
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dist	perhaps this fixes the build issue?	2010-06-03 14:32:31 +00:00
lib	remove almost all the ability to build netbsd with an a.out target.	2010-07-06 05:59:50 +00:00
usr.bin	remove almost all the ability to build netbsd with an a.out target.	2010-07-06 05:59:50 +00:00
Makefile	There's no longer a gnu/usr.sbin so don't try to descend into it.	2009-11-08 17:01:58 +00:00
README	netbsd.org -> NetBSD.org	2003-12-04 23:32:37 +00:00

README

$NetBSD: README,v 1.5 2003/12/04 23:32:37 keihan Exp $

Organization of Sources:

This directory hierarchy is using a new organization that
separates the GNU sources from the BSD-style infrastructure
used to build the GNU sources.  The GNU sources are kept in
the standard GNU source tree layout under:

	dist/*

The build infrastructure uses the normal BSD way under:

	lib/*
	usr.bin/*

The makefiles in the above hierarchy will "reach over" into
the GNU sources (src/gnu/dist) for everything they need.


Maintenance Strategy:

The sources under src/gnu/dist are generally a combination of
some published distribution plus changes that we submit to the
maintainers and that are not yet published by them.  There are
a few files that are never expected to be submitted to the FSF,
(i.e. BSD-style makefiles and such) and those generally should
stay in src/gnu/lib or src/gnu/usr.bin (the BSD build areas).

Make sure all changes made to the GNU sources are submitted to
the appropriate maintainer, but only after coordinating with the
NetBSD maintainers by sending your proposed submission to the
<tech-toolchain@NetBSD.org> mailing list.  Only send the changes
to the third-party maintainers after consensus has been reached.