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Re: current glibc vs debian sid
- From: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com, bug-autoconf at gnu dot org
- Date: 22 Oct 2002 14:40:08 +0200
- Subject: Re: current glibc vs debian sid
- References: <200210182042.g9IKgEN31309@magilla.sf.frob.com>
>>>>> "Roland" == Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> writes:
Roland> The coding standards say, "The configure script should also
Roland> take an argument which specifies the type of system to build
Roland> the program for."
It would be great if the standards could be updated in this regard.
There is way too much confusion coming from the existence of *two*
means to specify the various architecture. The one based on options
being clearly superior (more intuitive and more control), the other
one should fade away.