bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option
Tom Tromey
tromey@redhat.com
Mon Apr 2 15:17:00 GMT 2012
>>>>> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> writes:
Stefano> True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point
Stefano> of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two
Stefano> big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus'
Stefano> option anymore. To quote my previous report:
Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.in:AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9 cygnus
Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.in:# cygnus option.
Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.am:AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9 cygnus
Stefano> ./bfd/doc/Makefile.am:# cygnus option.
But this is a reason not to remove it; or at least to restore the
previous handling of info files.
I don't care about the cygnus option per se. It was always a grab bag
of hacks. The issue is removing a feature that an important user relies
on. So far the suggested replacements haven't seemed that good to me.
Tom
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