Re: [PATCH] --with-versuffix and --with-bugurl options

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 03:12:56PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
> > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:32:50 +0400
> >
> > The attached patch adds two configure option to allow one to add
> > extra version information and bug reporting URL at configure time,
> > without changing code.
> > 
> > OK?
> 
> Unless the other GNU toolchain sub-projects are moving towards the
> same scheme I really don't see the point in confusing the users of the
> official FSF with those xtra configure options.  We need less knobs,
> not more.
> 
> I understand that CoseSourcery has the convention on adding a -csl
> suffix to the version number for their tools.  But that is just one of
> many conventions.  I think things like this are better kept as a local
> modification.

Well, I've been doing what this patch does, using sed, for Debian
packages for several years.  I'd love to have a configure option for it
instead.  It's the format of additional version information recommended
in the GDB internals manual, which is why I was using it for Debian.

CodeSourcery does also have patches for the other tools to use the
same mechanism, by the way.  The GCC bits haven't been submitted yet
because of the GCC release cycle, but they will be for 4.3.  And the
binutils bits will probably be submitted Real Soon Now.

I won't be heartbroken if we carry this as a local patch; after
all, it's mostly useful because we have local patches :-)  But it might
be handy for others.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery