Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt directionflag

[H. Peter Anvin]

Robert Dewar wrote:
> > Not really, it's just a matter of time.  Typical distro cycles are on 
> > the order of 3 years.
> >
> >     -hpa
>
> again, in the real world, there are MANY projects that are nothing
> like this interactive when it comes to moving to new versions of
> operating systems.

This is true, but beyond a certain point projects generally accept that 
they have to monitor their toolchain dependencies.

	-hpa
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