From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [obish/6.2] GNU/Linux usage
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:00:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040726185908.GA24643@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41054F41.9060900@gnu.org>
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 02:36:49PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 10:17:02AM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >
> >>>- Linux Standards Base says that programs that use 'long
> >>>+ Linux[sic] Standards Base says that programs that use 'long
> >>> double' on PPC GNU/Linux are non-conformant. */
> >>> set_gdbarch_long_double_bit (gdbarch, 8 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
> >
> >
> >Er, is that really necessary? It's a workgroup named "Linux Standards
> >Base" and even has the trademark for "LSB". I'd be annoyed if a [sic]
> >appeared in the middle of my company name, for sure.
>
> If we're going to have a mechanical audit process then something is
> needed. Would you prefer:
>
> [GNU/]Linux
>
> ?
Or recognize "Linux Standards Base"? At least it's conveniently all on
one line. I'd be just as annoyed if a [GNU/] appeared in the middle of
my company name.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-26 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-17 14:17 Andrew Cagney
2004-07-17 14:25 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-07-26 18:37 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-26 19:00 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2004-07-28 18:57 ` Jim Blandy
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