[RFC][top-level] Add configure test-case

Alexandre Oliva oliva@gnu.org
Sat Jan 14 08:51:16 GMT 2023


On Nov  8, 2022, Alan Modra via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 06:23:45PM +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2022, Alan Modra via Binutils wrote:
>> 
>> > a) that top-level binutils/gdb patches don't get applied to the gcc
>> >    git repository in a timely manner, or
>> 
>> If a toplevel patch is approved for either repository, I think you should 
>> treat it as approved for the other one without needing separate review.

> Thanks Joseph, that's how I see it too.  Of course with the
> understanding that binutils-gdb can't be used as a back door way of
> sneaking in a gcc-specific change.

> Can I get agreement among the gcc build maintainers that such a
> policy is acceptable?

FTR, II've long assumed that this cooperation in maintaining the
top-level build machinery worked both ways already.  Reducing divergence
is a plus IMHO.

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