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Re: [patch] tiny toplevel configure.in cleanup
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- Cc: neroden at doctormoo dot dyndns dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 19 Jun 2002 11:55:42 -0700
- Subject: Re: [patch] tiny toplevel configure.in cleanup
- References: <20020619172549.GA22201@doctormoo.dyndns.org><200206191739.g5JHddd14096@greed.delorie.com>
DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
> > 2002-06-19 Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>
> > * configure.in: Eliminate ${gasdir} variable.
>
> Approved and applied. I wonder if there's an interesting story behind
> that variable...
There is an interesting story behind every variable.
This one has to do with the Motorola syntax assembler was used to
have. I think it was called mas, or something like that. Steve
Chamberlain wrote it in a weekend for some project or other.
Ian