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Re: [wwwdocs committed] Document libada-branch


Nathanael Nerode writes:

> >May I suggest the following approach: instead of having a gigantic flat
> >directory with ca. 1500 files with incomprehensibly cryptic names, organize
> >the target-specific files into target subdirs (like libjava/sysdep and
> >libstd++-v3/{config, os}) and use `generic' names for the files there.
> 
> Yes, this is a reasonably good idea, assuming there is a logical way to
> divide them up.

I think there is: currently, for each platform (target triplet), platform
specific files are symlinked to generic names, like

	system.ads -> 5gsystem.ads for IRIX 6 N32

Storing the files in subdirs with those generic names in the first place
would avoid those symlink games.

	Rainer


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