On 07/30/2013 01:52 PM, David Starner wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> wrote: >> "We" is the GCC community. "We" really want multilibs to be built so >> they get tested as much as possible. It's in the best interest of >> all GCC users that this happens. > > "We" really want Ada to be built so that it gets tested as much as > possible. "We" really want ARM to be built so that it gets tested as > much as possible. I don't see the distinction. Those who need > multilibs support should be responsible for making sure that it works > right. Presumably enough people do need it. Those that don't should > have to shoulder the burden for those who do.
The burden of typing "--disable-multilib". >> So don't write one. Then you're likely to be proved right. > > So what you're saying is that "we" don't care if people can easily > build "our" compiler. No. I'm saying that you care enough to argue but not enough to write a patch. If you really wanted to change the status quo that's what you'd have done by now. Andrew.