non-portable construct in gcc configure script

Zack Weinberg zack@codesourcery.com
Thu Jun 5 16:49:00 GMT 2003


Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> writes:

>> Yes, go ahead.
>
> Thanks, it's now in.
>
> Btw, it appears that this check is a can of worms, see Kelley's report and 
> patch: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-04/msg02262.html

That change worries me.  GAS may be happy to take .section with no
quotes, but how do we know all the assemblers out there are equally
content?

zw



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