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Re: Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make
- To: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com, rearnsha at arm dot com
- Subject: Re: Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:08:49 -0800
- Cc: pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, obrien at freebsd dot org, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org, bkorb at gnu dot org, rittle at latour dot rsch dot comm dot mot dot com
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <20010208145730Y.mitchell@codesourcery.com><200102141122.LAA25181@cam-mail2.cambridge.arm.com>
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> writes:
Richard> This argument only makes sense if the GNU make
Richard> maintainers are prepared to commit to GNU make always
Richard> building with a K&R compiler (more specifically, that
Richard> their code will never rely on GCCisms. Otherwise we end
Richard> up in a loop where one can't build either tool on a
Richard> virgin system until the other is built.
That is correct.
I believe that is already true, but I am not an expert on GNU make.
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