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RE: Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make
- To: 'Mark Mitchell' <mark at codesourcery dot com>, Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com, rearnsha at arm dot com
- Subject: RE: Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make
- From: Bruce Korb <bkorb at allegronetworks dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:58:51 -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
> >>>>> "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.
True if binaries cannot be downloaded and cross compilers cannot
be gotten to work. This may be more theoretical than a real problem.