rfc: build system

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 20000201000434.A801@cygnus.com >you write:
  > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 11:31:28PM -0800, Zack Weinberg wrote:
  > > Sometimes I wonder if we're really doing people a favor allowing them
  > > to use vendor makes, given how buggy they all seem to be...
  > 
  > I'd mostly been thinking of *bsd, to be honest.
We need to stick with Posix compliant constructs.  That ultimately decides
whether or not we can use a particular feature.


jeff