From gcc-return-68496-listarch-gcc=gcc dot gnu dot org at gcc dot gnu dot org Sun Feb 16 14:40:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: listarch-gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org Received: (qmail 6622 invoked by alias); 16 Feb 2003 14:40:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner at gcc dot gnu dot org Delivered-To: mailing list gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org Received: (qmail 6615 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2003 14:40:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO main.gmane.org) (80.91.224.249) by 172 dot 16 dot 49 dot 205 with SMTP; 16 Feb 2003 14:40:44 -0000 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18kPvx-0000gy-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:38:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18kPvw-0000gg-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:38:20 +0100 From: Ben Elliston Subject: Re: The 'gcc-g++' module name is broken Date: 17 Feb 2003 01:40:40 +1100 Organization: Red Hat Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <87u1f7it55.fsf@cenderis.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Honest Recruiter) Cache-Post-Path: scooby.brisbane.redhat.com!unknown@scooby.brisbane.redhat.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Cache-Post-Path: webdevap.brisbane.redhat.com!unknown@scooby.brisbane.redhat.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) >>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Stephens writes: Bruce> However, for big projects, pruning the modules file every few Bruce> years isn't a bad idea... Except that the modules file is not versioned and, so, removing a modules file entry makes it impossible (in some cases) to fetch old versions of the tree using scripts/users that expect those module aliases to exist. Ben