Re: patch for HPUX SOM on non-HPUX systems

[Nick Clifton]

Hi David,

> Here is a patch to allow hpux's som target to build on non-hpux hosts.

Thanks for submitting this.  I have a couple of comments on the patch:

  * I think that the somswap.h file would be better off in the bfd/ directory 
rather then the include/som directory, on the basis that this is exactly the 
sort of thing that the bfd library tries to hide from its users.

  * What is the purpose of the include/som/a.out.h header ?  It just includes 
other headers which could easily be done by its users.


How did you test this patch ?   (ie which non-hpux hosts did you try it out on 
?)

> The patch applies to binutils-2.18, and is licensed under gpl v2.

The files in the patch are copyrighted to Quest Software.  As far as I am aware 
Quest Software does not have a binutils copyright assignment on file with the 
FSF, so we cannot accept the file as is.  Would Quest Software like to file a 
copyright assignment ?

Also - the current binutils sources are licensed under gpl v3.  Are Quest 
Software prepared to allow their patch to be relicensed under this version ?


Cheers
  Nick