From: "Branko Čibej" <brane@xbc.nu>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>,
eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU, bje@wasabisystems.com, gcc@gcc.gnu.org,
binutils@sources.redhat.com, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: flag day for Solaris portions of config.{guess,sub}
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 08:00:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FCEE9B1.3050703@xbc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ARnzC-0007tg-2x@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman wrote:
>The point is that most programs nowadays use Autoconf, so other uses are
>few.
>
>
Sorry to barge in again, but config.guess is used by lots of things
besides programs that use Autoconf; e.g., various sysadmin scripts,
testing and compilation frameworks, etc. etc., where Autoconf is
inappropriate but config.guess is immensely useful. I've written many
such tools myself, and I'd even venture to guess that the numer of such
uses is on the same order as the number of Autoconf uses.
Config.guess is not just a utility for Autoconf; it's a standalone tool,
and any changes made to it should be evaluated in that light. Please
don't make incompatible changes without a very good reason.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." --Emerson
--
Brane ÄŒibej <brane@xbc.nu> http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-04 8:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-20 9:31 Ben Elliston
2003-11-20 11:34 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-20 14:12 ` Rainer Orth
2003-11-20 18:57 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-20 19:14 ` Rainer Orth
2003-11-20 19:46 ` Albert Chin-A-Young
2003-11-20 21:02 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-20 21:19 ` Rainer Orth
2003-11-21 0:33 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-21 0:44 ` Rainer Orth
2003-11-22 21:28 ` Richard Stallman
2003-11-23 22:13 ` Branko Čibej
2003-11-24 6:33 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-24 7:03 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-24 9:41 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-24 10:01 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-24 20:46 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-25 7:46 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-25 21:55 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-26 5:25 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-26 5:34 ` Ben Elliston
2003-11-26 22:59 ` Russ Allbery
2003-11-25 4:37 ` Richard Stallman
2003-11-26 2:03 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-11-20 21:05 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-11-20 21:15 ` Rainer Orth
2003-11-20 22:27 ` Phil Edwards
2003-11-21 21:39 ` tm_gccmail
2003-11-21 21:45 ` Joe Buck
2003-11-27 10:50 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-11-28 23:22 ` Paul Eggert
2003-11-29 0:25 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-01 20:50 ` Paul Eggert
2003-12-01 21:29 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-02 21:29 ` Paul Eggert
2003-12-02 21:40 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-02 22:08 ` Ben Elliston
2003-12-03 17:17 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-03 17:22 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-03 17:26 ` Arnaud Charlet
2003-12-04 7:33 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-04 8:00 ` Branko Čibej [this message]
2003-12-05 17:26 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-05 17:53 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-05 18:44 ` Joe Buck
2003-12-06 11:31 ` Nix
2003-12-07 23:04 ` Branko Čibej
2003-12-04 10:11 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-04 10:49 ` Ben Elliston
2003-12-04 21:37 ` Paul Eggert
2003-12-04 21:53 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-04 23:00 ` Arnaud Charlet
2003-12-04 23:04 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-12-04 23:15 ` Joe Buck
2003-12-04 23:27 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-04 23:38 ` Ben Elliston
2003-12-04 23:41 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-05 11:44 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-12-06 5:20 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-12-06 20:37 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-12-06 21:16 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-12-07 9:15 ` Arnaud Charlet
2003-12-07 9:45 ` Eric Botcazou
2003-12-07 19:20 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-05 4:50 ` Russ Allbery
2003-12-05 11:46 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-12-08 13:25 ` Rainer Orth
2003-12-08 22:35 ` Paul Eggert
2003-12-08 23:44 ` Rainer Orth
2003-12-08 23:51 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-10 0:03 ` Paul Eggert
2003-12-12 5:24 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-12-12 5:38 ` Zack Weinberg
2003-12-12 21:26 ` Rainer Orth
2003-12-05 23:20 ` Richard Stallman
2003-12-04 14:16 ` Andrew Cagney
2003-12-02 22:47 Wolfgang Bangerth
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