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Re: PATCH: config.if for glibc 2.2
- To: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at science dot uva dot nl>
- Subject: Re: PATCH: config.if for glibc 2.2
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:03:26 -0700
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <20010514094530.A23690@lucon.org> <s3iitj3uh3g.fsf@debye.wins.uva.nl>
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:55:15AM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>
> This patch serves no purpose at all (except perhaps on the
> gcc-2_95-branch in the GCC repository). libc_interface isn't used
> anymore by GCC, and I believe it has never been used by binutils at
> all. Moreover, the idea was broken in the first place, see
When you have a unified tool tree, gcc + binutils + gdb, config.if
is used if the version of gcc in the tree needs it.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-12/msg00951.html
>
Talk to people who make RedHat distribution, you may find out how is
used for backward run-time binary compatibility.
> Therefore the attached patch seems more appropriate.
I don't think so. I created config.if for backward run-time binary
compatibility. If you need a file for some other purposes, you should
use a different file. You should either remove config.if all together
or keep it as is. I am ok with either option.
H.J.