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Re: [Patch] ld config bits for i860 coff target
Hi Guys,
> Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> I agree with Zack. If we can achieve that, then I think the generated
> files could be removed from CVS too. No problem then with churn, which
> is the major reason to have "blessed" versions of auto-tools. (At least
> these days. When Ian put that version onto the ftp site, there was no
> released version of auto-tools that worked reliably with binutils.)
>
> As I said on irc, I don't really like the idea of recommending a
> particular autoconf/automake version. Having an officially blessed
> version makes us (binutils) lazy in keeping up to date in our
> Makefile.am/autoconf.ac files, and also means that the latest auto-tools
> might not be tested as well as they could be.
Seconded. If we can make binutils work with modern versions of the
tools and remove the need to a particular, blessed, version then I am
all for it.
Cheers
Nick