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Re: flag day for Solaris portions of config.{guess,sub}
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at CS dot UCLA dot EDU>
- To: Ben Elliston <bje at wasabisystems dot com>
- Cc: "Zack Weinberg" <zack at codesourcery dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com, rms at gnu dot org
- Date: 02 Dec 2003 13:29:30 -0800
- Subject: Re: flag day for Solaris portions of config.{guess,sub}
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"Zack Weinberg" <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:
> I think it's roughly comparable to the disruption involved in the
> switch from autoconf 2.13 to autoconf 2.5x -- every last configure
> script on the planet is going to have to be audited for problems,
This overstates the amount of work that will need to be done, as the
vast majority of configure scripts will not be affected by this change,
whereas the switch from Autoconf 2.13 to 2.5x required changes to most
configure.in files.
I sense that we're not making much progress in the discussion any more.
Ben, what's your thought on this matter now? Are you still inclined
to make the change, or would you rather fork config.guess and
config.sub, or look for some other compromise, or what?