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Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files
- From: Thiemo Seufer <ths at networkno dot de>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, binutils at sourceware dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:45:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch ping] change linux-gnu* -> linux* in libtool files
- References: <200609241801.43629.vapier@gentoo.org> <m33bafonw5.fsf@dhcp-172-18-118-195.corp.google.com>
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
>
> > ok to commit to sourceware repo ?
> >
> > upstream libtool changed libtool.m4 a while back to look for 'linux*)' instead
> > of 'linux-gnu*)' ... ive also tweaked the ltconfig accordingly
>
> Um, why? The binutils and gdb are owned by and maintained on behalf
> of the FSF. A few years ago the FSF requested that we go through and
> change linux* to linux-gnu*, in accordance with the their preferred
> name of GNU/Linux. That's not to say that your patch is automatically
> rejected, but it certainly needs some motivation.
By now there are linux-gnu and linux-uclibc, a C library independent
check would need to match both.
Thiemo