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Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files
On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 13:59 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 25 September 2006 13:29, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> > > ok to commit to sourceware repo ?
> > >
> > > upstream libtool changed libtool.m4 a while back to look for 'linux*)'
> > > instead of 'linux-gnu*)' ... ive also tweaked the ltconfig accordingly
> >
> > Um, why? The binutils and gdb are owned by and maintained on behalf
> > of the FSF. A few years ago the FSF requested that we go through and
> > change linux* to linux-gnu*, in accordance with the their preferred
> > name of GNU/Linux. That's not to say that your patch is automatically
> > rejected, but it certainly needs some motivation.
>
> this has nothing to do with ideological "Linux" versus "GNU/Linux" ... we went
> through this before with the fixing of all the configure targets in
> bfd/gas/ld/gcc/etc...
>
> linux-gnu implies glibc and glibc is not the only libc you can use out there
> with linux
Not to say you're wrong, but this is the first I've heard
that linux-gnu implies glibc. Is there someplace where this
is written?