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Re: GCC 3.0.2 and BSD Make
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: GCC 3.0.2 and BSD Make
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:13:56 -0800
- Cc: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>, perry at wasabisystems dot com,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <11450000.1004118050@gandalf.codesourcery.com> <200111012335.fA1NZ0C06537@quatramaran.ens.fr> <20011102100319.D31636@codesourcery.com>
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:03:19AM -0800, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> The only genuine problem I know of with requiring GNU make is the
> potential that it needs an ANSI C compiler to build with, producing a
Where does GNU make say/imply an ANSI C compiler is required to build it?
If it is true, I have to say it is a bug in GNU make and we should fix it.
I don't think it is a problem at all.
> chicken-and-egg problem on pre-standard systems. However, this is
> only a theoretical problem - on a brief skim of the code it certainly
> *appears* to be K+R-safe.
>
H.J.