On 03/13/17 10:31, Efraim Flashner wrote: > more (if (hurd ...)) patches does also make it easier to merge in > changes for those not using hurd when the time comes, and it allows > those actively using hurd to make changes to more low-level packages > without worrying about how it affects the other architectures/kernels. >
Yes I agree, but here we have an upstream grep patch, which in the next version will be in. No need to add unnecessary if statements. Also I think it's a good idea to keep things kernel agnostic as much as possible. Manolis
