Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism

2000-05-08 Thread Jeffrey A Law
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: > On May 8, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Sokolov) wrote: > > > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is currently believed that every system has at least *some* > >> shell implementation that supports functions [...] > >

Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism

2000-05-09 Thread Jeffrey A Law
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: > Thanks for the feedback. But I am still suspicious. There are way > too many myths around Autoconf, and I'm willing to believe what I see. > Have you really tried? Yes. 4.3BSD and its immediate descendants were my primary development platform

Re: Maintainers -- now what? (was RE: rfc: new libgcc build mechanis m)

2000-05-15 Thread Jeffrey A Law
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED] rosoft.com>you write: > > At this point we have the following situation: > The current makefile/configure combination doesn't > work on systems without symbolic links because of > the nested quoting problem discussed in this thread. > > No one has ye

Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism

2000-05-14 Thread Jeffrey A Law
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: > Mo McKinlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, what I find more amusing is the fact that BSD is a free > > replacement for UNIX. Which is exactly what the GNU project aims for, > > albeit with different licensing terms. I fail to see