Re: 2.4.0-test8-pre1 is quite bad / how about integrating Rik's VM

[David S. Miller]

   Date:        Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:59:56 -0600
   From: Richard Gooch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

   Jamie Lokier writes:
   > Sorry, there's a GCC policy decision against putting it into a
   > shared library.

   Why?

Because this allows proprietary software vendor X to write
closed-source compiler backend Y using GCC to provide the
front end.  If it never becomes a shared library, this sort
of thing cannot happen.

Later,
David S. Miller
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