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Re: The 'gcc-g++' module name is broken


>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Stephens <bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk> 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


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