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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] programming in the large (Re: On configs and huge s
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Matthew Hannigan |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] programming in the large (Re: On configs and huge source trees) |
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Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:40:07 +1000 |
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:26:31PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> [ .. ]
> circular dependency between m4 and autoconf is a clear
> bootstrapping bug.
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> I fail to understand why this is a bootstrap bug, yes, there is a
> circular dependency there, but not one that causes any grief. As
In fact the very word 'bootstrap' implies a circular dependency,
so it's an odd sort of complaint!
Matt
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] programming in the large (Re: On configs and huge source trees), Thomas Lord, 2005/10/18