Re: RFC: line endings and specs parser

[Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>]

Mumit Khan wrote:
> The problem is that the gcc.c:read_specs() doesn't use stdio to read the
> file, so all the usual conversions don't happen.

and Zack Weinberg <zack@bitmover.com> writes:
> What is the problem with using stdio to read the file?

In any case we can't count on stdio to do the "usual conversions".
It should do the conversion for the host platform, though on second
thought that may be enough.  I.e. for program files we can't depend
on the stdio for the conversions, if we want to be able to handle
DOS-style files and Unix and vice versa (and I think we should).
However, we have more control over specs files, and can make sure
they are always in the host-local format.
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