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Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: 25 Sep 2006 10:29:46 -0700
- Subject: Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files
- References: <200609241801.43629.vapier@gentoo.org>
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> 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