From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 118808 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2015 20:23:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 118799 invoked by uid 89); 12 Aug 2015 20:23:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-io0-f176.google.com Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com (HELO mail-io0-f176.google.com) (209.85.223.176) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:23:04 +0000 Received: by iodv127 with SMTP id v127so16300030iod.3 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:23:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=my+LXqdRwStCCQCuXvsD5fPdoY5EI7262r5LaLOzir8=; b=gr7b2JYYz2A6+h+tew1AFjbod8u9xmBbwATwu6MAADTHvaVHdMMAj4rp5vkrxxjKyY uJuMGsnyRnoV1QPwvMR2xlcRaQxfT40/pQ78dZEF0TDuKFX2choHQC+vdEL+/7dP9CWm mK7+aiDcVUNwphV3gR1tssDMICxXY9Pv4fbMhUBeyDimuJu+PASoLLgyig3nZP4L9bSM EwxDGgQzmW7gPuSl0x/8TGRkFNt4jMTrj25aTsmXCG1PFV/QTecVS/eibMO6zBiCC40X s9gtoK1qOCqe6Fr9VJb89lqWUSDXqHh41HJfuYWsWn9k1PMNFLEv3FIkGVHnqyV7oWkf Lpqg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkJISUmsfbWx2WkY1gzuz73a6AG/KiXMJsNACsc1ailE8UVBOWlK60xQzumhEp3RzrJnrEP X-Received: by 10.107.168.25 with SMTP id r25mr7866222ioe.32.1439410982489; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:23:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.93.102 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:22:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150812194137.GG22245@adacore.com> References: <55BF85BC.8040102@ericsson.com> <55BF9811.50202@redhat.com> <20150804172110.GI4777@adacore.com> <55CB123F.70603@redhat.com> <87r3n85ukx.fsf@redhat.com> <20150812172225.GE22245@adacore.com> <20150812184307.GF22245@adacore.com> <20150812194137.GG22245@adacore.com> From: Doug Evans Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:23:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove symlinks created in argv0-symlink.exp and general cleanup To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Sergio Durigan Junior , Pedro Alves , Simon Marchi , gdb-patches , Yao Qi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-08/txt/msg00323.txt.bz2 On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote: >> How often does it come up in the context of "make check" >> (beyond the check-parallel implementation). >> Other reasons for wanting to require GNU/Make are outside the scope >> of my email. :-) > > That's true. But I think it's important to look at the complete picture > while we're trying to decide the benefits vs downsides of switching over > to GNU/Make. "make check" is one aspect that might benefit, but there > are others, and it gives more weight, IMO, to the suggestion of making > GNU/Make a requirement. I think you'll find we're in agreement. [who wouldn't be?]