From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
Cc: neroden@doctormoo.dyndns.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org,
gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [patch] tiny toplevel configure.in cleanup
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:56:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <si4rfzcd3l.fsf@daffy.airs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200206191739.g5JHddd14096@greed.delorie.com>
DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> writes:
> > 2002-06-19 Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>
> > * configure.in: Eliminate ${gasdir} variable.
>
> Approved and applied. I wonder if there's an interesting story behind
> that variable...
There is an interesting story behind every variable.
This one has to do with the Motorola syntax assembler was used to
have. I think it was called mas, or something like that. Steve
Chamberlain wrote it in a weekend for some project or other.
Ian
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-19 18:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-19 10:26 Nathanael Nerode
2002-06-19 10:39 ` DJ Delorie
2002-06-19 11:56 ` Ian Lance Taylor [this message]
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