Re: PATCH: Re: Do we really want to use i586 code for i686?

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:31:33AM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > I don't think we should apply Implies outside of the subdirectory.
> > Here is a new patch. That is A implies B in libc doesn't mean A implies
> > B in linuxthreads, vice versa.
> 
> Why do you want this change?  I don't think it's desireable.  The current
> behavior is by explicit intent.  It makes sense add-ons sysdeps/ to act as
> if superimposed on the libc/sysdeps tree.  Your change requires add-ons to
> include Implies files for every Implies file in any libc/sysdeps/ directory
> that they want to add on to.

That is debatable. If that is what I want, I can do that. But I don't
believe Implies from add-ons should be applied to libc/sysdeps.


H.J.