Why config.guess

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Bruce" == korbb  <korbb@sourceware.cygnus.com> writes:

Bruce> It is starting to seem to me that it would make more sense to
Bruce> just distribute a completely separate application that could
Bruce> handle everything that every package would ever want to know
Bruce> about a system.

Aieeee!  That way lies imake!

Seriously, this can't work.  You can't predict in advance what
different programs will need.  And you definitely can't predict in
advance how new OS's will break (i.e., thus requiring more tests).

Tom