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From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
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> I'm with Mark on this one: a patch that potentially breaks a supported
> platform doesn't get my vote.  If a platform is supported, it deserves
> that we don't break it, and calling it ``marginal'' doesn't change
> anything.

Eli, can you perhaphs explain what exactly you mean by "supported", how 
the GNU project benefits by expending already limited resources on 
continually fixing vax-ultrix - a non GNU system, and how my change 
breaks it?

Andrew