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Re: configure
- From: Steve Ellcey <sje at cup dot hp dot com>
- To: jjohnstn at redhat dot com
- Cc: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:11:09 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: configure
> I looked at it briefly a while ago and ran into a number of problems due
> to the fact that newlib required some macros that were taken away plus
> there were a number of other backward compatibility issues. At the time
> I didn't see any compelling reason to make the switch.
>
> I have just started relooking at it today. I have gotten through a
> number of issues so far. I still have to remove the annoying warnings
> about AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS using a literal in the machine/OS-specific
> directories. We configure the name of the machine directory and sys
> directory once at the top-level. This name corresponds to
> subdirectories of lower directories which we conditionally configure
> using the names specified above. It used to be nice and simple.
>
> -- Jeff J.
Let me know if I can help in any way though I am afraid I am not very
familiar with newlib or libgloss as I don't normally use them on my
platforms (ia64 hpux, pa hpux, and ia64 linux).
Steve Ellcey
sje@cup.hp.com