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Re: autoconf for type sizes
On Mar 13, 2001, Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> wrote:
>>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>>> What is so wrong with deciding one day that you switch?
Alexandre> Before autoconf 2.50 is released, we must not depend on it.
Alexandre> And I'd rather wait some time after autoconf 2.50 is
Alexandre> released, for folks to take their time to upgrade, before
Alexandre> we start requiring it.
> OK, so the answer is definitely _release_ 2.50, then, a few months
> later, use 2.50 in GCC, but not before.
Nope. Some people may wish to use 2.50 with GCC, as soon as they have
it. But we probably want to delay the *requirement* of 2.50 for a
while.
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