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Re: S/390: Fix backtrace support for Java


Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> > libjava/ ChangeLog:
> >
> > 	* configure.in (HAVE_BACKTRACE) [s390*-*-linux*]: Define.
> 
> A common changelog error: that means something else (see
> GNU coding standards).  Should be
> 
> >       * configure.in (HAVE_BACKTRACE) <s390*-*-linux*>: Define.

Hmmm.  According to the GNU Coding Standards, <> indicates
"the part of a function which changed", while [] indicate
"the conditions for which the change applies".

In this case, what the change does is to define HAVE_BACKTRACE
when compiling for a s390*-*-linux* target; to me this is more
like a condition than a part (what part? this define is simply
set or not).

Now, both the <> and the [] description details refer to 
particulars of C source code that do not strictly apply 
to configure scripts, so I guess one can argue about how
those concepts are supposed to be transferred ...

Bye,
Ulrich

-- 
  Dr. Ulrich Weigand
  weigand at informatik dot uni-erlangen dot de


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