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Re: [PATCH] match GNU/kOpenSolaris in Glibc checks
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [PATCH] match GNU/kOpenSolaris in Glibc checks |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:27:05 +0100 |
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Hello Robert,
> I adjusted some of the Glibc checks to match GNU/kOpenSolaris [1]. Because the
> checks are always the same for all Glibc-based systems, and having to wait
> for files to propagate to every package out there is a PITA,
I agree this is a problem when you work outside of the scope of a central
distribution, such as Debian.
> I propose using a generic '*-gnu' match (I notice some of the checks in
> gnulib do it this way already).
The patch is not correct, AFAIK: There is also a triple i386-unknown-netbsd-gnu,
which differs from i386-unknown-knetbsd-gnu in the choice of its libc: it uses
NetBSD's libc instead of GNU libc. But config.libpath, config.rpath, and
m4/l*.m4 depend on the libc.
Also, I would prefer if the canonical system triple/quadruple would be added
to config.guess, config.sub before being propagated into gnulib, libtool,
binutils etc. I did the mistake of doing this in the wrong order once already
(and you had to spend time fixing up my procedural mistake.)
The right order is:
1) Get the canonical system triple approved by RMS,
2) Get config.guess and config.sub patches accepted.
3) Update libtool, binutils, gcc, gnulib etc.
Bruno