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Re: libtool (was: GCC 3.0: sparc-sun-solaris2.8 fails to buildtoday)
- To: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>, "aoliva at redhat dot com" <aoliva at redhat dot com>, "ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu" <ghazi at caip dot rutgers dot edu>
- Subject: Re: libtool (was: GCC 3.0: sparc-sun-solaris2.8 fails to buildtoday)
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:55:40 -0700
- cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "oldham at codesourcery dot com" <oldham at codesourcery dot com>, "pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at" <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
> I think that the configury bits in the compiler need to be
> exceptionally stable and portable and they need to work with all
> shells, even broken ones.
For the record, I disagree. I think we should work with at least one
easy-to-obtain shell on each platform, preferably one shipped with
the system by the vendor -- but not necessarily all.
I agree with you that it is better to make the scripts use the right
shell than to document the right incantation. Users do not care
how the software gets built; they just want it to work.
Thanks,
--
Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com