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Re: [PATCH] Stop fixinc running on BeOS


  In message <m37l65c68f.fsf@dan2.cygnus.com>you write:
  > Bruce Korb <bkorb@sco.COM> writes:
  > 
  > > Perhaps rather than killing fixinc, instead you could
  > > help me resolve the bootstrap problems?  Thanks!
  > 
  > Huh?
  > What bootstrap problems are you running into on beos?
  > fixinc isn't needed on beos, and actually screws up the headers
  > anyway (Because they don't need fixing), besides not running properly. 
I would much rather see why fixinc screws up the headers than disable it.

We have consistently found that not running fixincludes results in latent
hard to find bugs.  Why?  Because there are always subtle problems with the
system header files.
jeff



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