[Patch,build] PR 46540 - add --disable-libquadmath/--disable-libquadmath-support

Matthias Klose doko@ubuntu.com
Mon Dec 6 01:31:00 GMT 2010


On 05.12.2010 21:33, Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Tobias Burnus wrote:
>> H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Tobias Burnus<burnus@net-b.de> wrote:
>>>> This patch adds two configure options:
>>>> --disable-libquadmath
>>>> which disables the libquadmath build (e.g. to use the system's
>>>> libquadmath)
>>> This isn't very clear. We already have --with-system-zlib, why not
>>> --with-system-libquadmath?
>
> Well, we also have: --enable-libada and --enable-libssp.
>
> I have now used --with-system-libquadmath but I have to admit I find it much
> more misleading. --disable-libquadmath does that the option was stating: It does
> not build "libquadmath".

and --with-system-libquadmath implies that there is an externally available 
release of libquadmath, which I at least cannot find. I think the option 
renaming is misleading.

   Matthias



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