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Re: AIX binaries
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:53:41AM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com> writes:
>
> | > Otherwise, my patch to configure to use the default limits (as if
> | > cross-compiling) if mknumeric_limits fails.
> |
> | Maybe this should go in anyhow. Or the patch that uses a preconstructed
> | header if one is found in the OS directory, and probes with mknumeric_limits
> | if one doesn't exist...?
>
> So now, I'm confused. Are you talking about two patches distincts?
Yes. David had posted the first one, I think. And a few people have
suggested the second patch, and I /thought/ a patch had been posted,
but I can't find it now.
For the second patch, if we go that way, I suggest naming the preconfigured
file something other than 'std_limits.h'. Perhaps 'limits_prebuilt.h'
to match the 'limits_generic.h' already in place. Or whatever. But the
std_*.h files have come to mean something special, and I think having one
suddenly appear outside the normal place could be confusing; rather the name
should call attention to the fact that it is preconfigured and OS-specific.
(IMHO)
Phil
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