Re: RFC for release 2.19.1 [Second call]

[Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>]

On Jan 7, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Dave Korn wrote:

> Tristan Gingold wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > as the first RFC has been sent just before Xmas, I prefer to send  
> > again
> > the mail just in case.
>
>
>    Hi Tristan,
>
>  I would suggest that the patch at
>
>    http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2008-12/msg00316.html

This patch is not on the head.  Please be sure it is accepted on the  
head before applying it on the branch.

Tristan.

> fixes a regression, in that the patch it updates
>
>    http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2002-11/msg00317.html
>
> was implemented in a way that inadvertently affected things it  
> wasn't supposed
> to (libtool convenience libraries).  But that's a very long-standing  
> bug, so
> you might not think it important enough to bother the branch with;  
> it's
> certainly not something that's bitten an awful lot of people.  (Only  
> me, as
> far as I can tell!)
>
>    cheers,
>      DaveK