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Re: Building binutils/gcc/glibc -


prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> "Zack Weinberg" <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>>> This is deliberate, and complaints from users have not changed the
>>> minds of the coreutils maintainers so far.
>>
>> I'm aware.  I will continue to tell people the truth.
>
> I agree that this behavior is wrong, but I doubt it will help to tell
> people to complain to bug-coreutils.  Jim Meyering has already heard
> many complaints, and he apparently doesn't care.  I think it would be
> more helpful to complain to RMS; he has authority to tell Jim to
> change coreutils, and AFAIK he isn't already convinced that the
> current behavior is good.

Fair enough.  I don't personally have time to work up a proper
argument to send RMS, but I will stop telling people to take it up
with Jim.

zw


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