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Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism
- To: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 08 May 2000 03:30:09 -0300
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat Company
- References: <20000502003336.A12161@cygnus.com><20000503112753.A14500@cygnus.com>
On May 3, 2000, Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> wrote:
> I'm interested in hearing from folks (Hi Philippe) with old systems
> to make sure that my shell scripting is portable enough.
It uses shell functions, which are not portable. That's the reason
why autoconf uses m4.
It is currently believed that every system has at least *some*
shell implementation that supports functions, but do we want to depend
on the user's setting CONFIG_SHELL to such a shell?
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