Re: [PATCH][PING²] PR external/{16327,16328}: Remove etc/configure.texi and etc/standards.texi

Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-07T15:17:29Z

Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> skribis:

>> It would make sense to push it to gdb-7.8-branch as well, WDYT?
>
> Can you explain why you would like to push it to 7.8?

It’s been a (minor) annoyance that both Binutils and GDB install those
files, which were outdated moreover. Thus I think it’s better if 7.8
can have that patch, but it’s not critical either.

> I'd like us to only apply patches that really fix regressions or bad
> issues. If you think this patch qualifies and explain why, then we
> can give you the OK.

The patch only removes a two documents and the associated makefile
machinery from etc/. I think it’s safe.

Thanks,
Ludo’.