From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10857 invoked by alias); 25 Sep 2006 17:30:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 10842 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Sep 2006 17:30:19 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-out.google.com (HELO smtp-out.google.com) (216.239.45.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:30:18 +0000 Received: from zps75.corp.google.com (zps75.corp.google.com [172.25.146.75]) by smtp-out.google.com with ESMTP id k8PHTouh006993; Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:29:50 -0700 Received: from dhcp-172-18-118-195.corp.google.com.google.com (dhcp-172-18-118-195.corp.google.com [172.18.118.195]) (authenticated bits=0) by zps75.corp.google.com with ESMTP id k8PHTk99031925 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:29:46 -0700 To: Mike Frysinger Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files References: <200609241801.43629.vapier@gentoo.org> From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:30:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <200609241801.43629.vapier@gentoo.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-09/txt/msg00166.txt.bz2 Mike Frysinger writes: > ok to commit to sourceware repo ? > > upstream libtool changed libtool.m4 a while back to look for 'linux*)' instead > of 'linux-gnu*)' ... ive also tweaked the ltconfig accordingly Um, why? The binutils and gdb are owned by and maintained on behalf of the FSF. A few years ago the FSF requested that we go through and change linux* to linux-gnu*, in accordance with the their preferred name of GNU/Linux. That's not to say that your patch is automatically rejected, but it certainly needs some motivation. Ian