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Re: egcs-1.2 stuff
- To: zack at rabi dot columbia dot edu
- Subject: Re: egcs-1.2 stuff
- From: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- Date: 13 Apr 1999 02:13:52 -0000
- Cc: hjl at lucon dot com, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Cc: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- References: <199904121733.NAA17287@blastula.phys.columbia.edu>
>It's a consistency issue. All the other Makefiles have FLAGS_TO_PASS
>defined like so:
>
>FLAGS_TO_PASS = CC="$(CC)" BISON="$(BISON)" ...
>
>but libf2c has
>
>FLAGS_TO_PASS = CC='$(CC)' BISON='$(BISON)' ...
>
>Therefore, you can't use "" or '' quotes in any of the FLAGS_TO_PASS
>variables. If libf2c used "" quotes, it would be safe to put ''
>quotes into FLAGS_TO_PASS variables. I don't have HJ's patch to look
>at, but if it does just what the ChangeLog says it does, I think it's
>the Right Thing.
Okay, that's all I need to hear...I approve it! Won't commit it tonight,
probably, so if Jeff or someone has it handy, they can go ahead...otherwise,
I'll dig it out soon and apply it myself.
>This is yet another way the build framework is too complicated.
Yup.
tq vm, (burley)